• Man saved as crowd lifts car off of him.
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[video=youtube;aIGTyANMFb4]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aIGTyANMFb4&feature=player_embedded[/video] [QUOTE]On a stretch of road by the crest of a hill in Logan, Utah, on Monday, a motorcycle and a BMW collided, throwing the cyclist under the car and causing the bike to burst into flames, which quickly spread to the sedan. Rather than fleeing those two flaming vehicles, a dozen bystanders rushed toward the blaze, lifted the car and pulled the injured man out by his ankle.The Logan Police Department identified the motorcyclist as Brandon Wright, 21. He was in critical condition at Intermountain Medical Center Tuesday night. “If no one had taken action,” said Jeff Curtis, assistant chief of the department, “it could have been a very different outcome.” The accident occurred at about 11:40 a.m. Monday on a road that runs alongside the Utah State University campus in Logan, which is about 80 miles north of Salt Lake City. The driver of the BMW was not injured. [URL="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aIGTyANMFb4"]A video[/URL] of the event, which was posted on YouTube, shows a dozen men and women swooping in toward the high, darting flames; some were in hard hats, others in summer shorts and at least one was in a police uniform. They lift one side of the car off the ground, haul Mr. Wright a few feet from the wreckage and then scatter. Mr. Wright remains splayed on the ground for a few moments, not far from the vehicles. Mr. Curtis said that the police officer on the scene, Sgt. Jason Olsen, decided it was best to move the victim as little as possible to avoid exacerbating his injuries. “You have to decide, what’s the worst thing to do,” Mr. Curtis said. “Every foot they pulled him is another foot toward more serious injury. But if we can get him a safe distance away, where he isn’t going to burn, it’s just a judgment call.” In a news conference on Tuesday, Mr. Wright’s uncle, Tyler Riggs, said their family was “incredibly thankful for these angels who came to his aid yesterday.” “They saved his life,” Mr. Riggs said. “And they risked their lives doing it.” [/QUOTE] Nice to see some good news for once.
I still don't like how they dragged him out and then just left him and then they all walked away, kinda cruel.
Late, but still a good story. Does anyone have the interview with some of the bystanders?
You shouldn't really move around a person too much in this cases. They might have broken something and you can make it worse by moving them. The police probably told the crown to disperse anyway, since the car was on fire.
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