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[sanura]

Long, cold, and muddy day, but it was good. Dan drove me, Susan, Guy, and Robert; we ate more food than I am accustomed to eating at faire, but steak on a stick is quite satisfying in the cold. So is the glassblowing demo.

We pulled over to help out at an accident we observed on the way back, called emergency for them, and, with other people who pulled over as time went by, wrenched open their back door; the entire passenger's side was wrapped around a tree in the ditch, and the boy in the back was pinned and the girl in the front (Rachel, as we learned from the constant need of someone to calm her down) was pinned seriously enough that they had to use the jaws of life to get her out; I think her leg and hip were broken. The driver was fine, and the driver's side back-seat passenger (mother of Rachel and Silas, the boy) was mobile when they got the rear door open.

The helicopter for the two pinned people landed right behind our car, which was interesting to watch, and the two ambulances were in front, as well as all the firemens' rescue trucks (no actual firetrucks, just pickups with equipment and a towtruck), so it was about an hour before we could drive out of the ditch and go back down the road home. It made us tired, but I think all the people in the accident are going to be okay. No one was bleeding, and though the boy in the back kept confirming it was 2007, I think it was shock more than a head injury.

My knees are achy, but I think it's from the weather. I don't really want to go back to school tomorrow. Can we have winter break now, and be done for awhile?

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They called Life Flight for two broken bones and a concussion?

[marmer01.livejournal.com]

Wow! I thought you had to have life-threatening trauma to get a helicopter ride. Would hate to see the bill for that -- hope they have good insurance.

Re: They called Life Flight for two broken bones and a concussion?

[sanura.livejournal.com]

They called Life Flight because both of the passenger's side kids cried about their backs and heads, and the girl was having trouble breathing; who knows, maybe their spines were broken. They tried not to move them very much. All the injuries I knew about for sure were the girl's broken bones.