Got called to a vehicle accident today. The dispatcher said the driver was trapped in the car. By the time I got there with the crew in the heavy rescue, it was obvious the driver wasn't just trapped, he was also dead. My first clue was the fact that the vehicle was hooked to a tow truck and the tow truck driver was working to unwrap the car from the tree with the driver still in it. If the guy had been alive, we would have cut the car open just as it sat.
It's not fun to work on a situation like this. It's down right ugly and reminds me of the fragility of life. This guy was cruising down the road one second and the next he was dead, his car wrapped around a tree. It was not icy but we have had heavy rain here for the last couple days and the ground was already saturated. It appeared the driver tried to go through a puddle at 60 mph or so and hydroplaned, lost control and flipped over and over until stopped by the tree.
Slow down and be careful.
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