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"Basically, the (tractor-trailer) was going to fast,” West said. "It hit a sport utility vehicle, knocked in into the trooper's car and the pickup that was on the side of the road. The (tractor-trailer) then hit another vehicle and pinned it against the inside retaining wall.”
"Basically, the (tractor-trailer) was going to fast,” West said. "It hit a sport utility vehicle, knocked in into the trooper's car and the pickup that was on the side of the road. The (tractor-trailer) then hit another vehicle and pinned it against the inside retaining wall.”
I was in my car and pulled off the hwy when this accident happened. What happened was that .... the sport utility vehicle had run out of gas on going 75 mph ... the driver of the semi put on his brake and his foot slipped off the peddle, so it rammed into the back of the sport utiltiy and the back half of it was smashed .... which at that point in time ... the back half of the trailer slamed into the side of a small car forcing it between the jersey wall and the trailer .... The car was smashed in half. I honestly didn't expect to see anyone alive when I ran across the hwy to assist if possible. ....... There was just enough space between the window and the young women pinned in her car so I reached inside to her and took her hand. She was alive and bleeding, her young childs right leg and foot was up on her shoulder. The baby was moving his toes so we knew the baby was alive too. .... So for 2 hours I stayed by the young girls side holding her hand and making her focus on me and talk to me. I didn't want her to go into shock ... which was clearly about to happen. ..... There was no way on earth the jaws of life would of helped to get her out of that car .. there was no air space between the jersey wall and her car. ... The men that stopped to help were able to break her rest of her car window, cut the seat belt strap that was chocking her and free her baby... I don't know how, but the men were able to pull the roof up and remove the young woman from the car ........... The bottom line is .... the baby is alive with a broken leg, the young mother is alive ..... the trucker is alive - I spent time with him also, hoping to comfort him a bit. The people in the sport utility were live, one person did leave in the helicopter ... and had to wait on 4 ambulances to arrive to tend to the rest of the people. .....
I told the driver of the semi that ... the driver of sport utiltiy said that he ran out of gas, which is what started this whole mess. .. Hoping it would benefit him telling his company this ...My heart hurt for the trucker because 'we' all know that basicly the trucker is going to be blamed for it ..... Which is soooooo wrong ! ... I took pictures once I got back to my car .... after staying with the young mother for 2 hours on the hwy. Once I get them down loaded ... I'll show you why it was only by the Grace of God that this young mother and child lived.