Unfortunately for us this was in the middle of lunch and i was in the middle of trying to wolf down a sub. As we gunned the engine, hit the lights and began to alternate the siren between hi-lo and yelp to cut through traffic, I stuffed my sandwich at my feet and slipped on my surgical gloves. From experience a 10-50 Ped is quite a serious thing as i have yet to respond to one without the pedestrian being in critical condition so i was taking no chances in terms of exposure to bodily fluids.
Seeing the accident up ahead gave me a significant start before i quashed my emotions and prepared to do what might be necessary. Ahead of us as we jumped out of the just barely stopped cruiser was a woman in her thirties, who had tried to run across the street. However this woman did not realize she did not have the right of way and a luxury convertible sedan slammed into her at 50 MPH, flinging her up and into the windshield and twisting one leg to point completely 180 degrees in the opposite direction of normal. As we made our way to her motionless body on the pavement EMS arrived on scene and began to stabilize her, leaving us with little to do but to finish blocking off traffic and then take witness statements.This occupied only a short hour and a half of what ended up being an entire shift consisting of numerous car wrecks, Burglary alarms, a stabbing, and an officer needs assistance call that was the result of a faulty radio.
As summer approaches i am anticipating things to become increasingly active with the kind of population in this town, i will continue to fill everyone in as best as i can although my posts may grow erratic due to increasing hours at work.
--Burnout
Song of the week: The Wombats- Jump into the Fog
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