Ridecamp: Re: [RC] Eddie

-----Original Message-----
Date: Sunday, June 02, 2002 11:19 AM
Subject: RE: Eddie


>Tom--
>
>Regardless of what Eddie wanted, he apparently did die, as I saw in the
>local paper.  He wasn't driving.  Another drunk was, and he fled the scene.
>He's been charged with manslaughter.  End of story.
>
>Sam
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: goearth
>To: Samuel Turner
>Sent: 5/29/02 11:01 PM
>Subject: Re: Eddie
>
>Hey Sam, heres a little story on my way home yesterday. i came home
>shaking from the experience. ts
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: goearth < goearth@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>To: Ridecamp < ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Date: Wednesday, May 29, 2002 9:30 AM
>Subject: Eddie
>
>
>Eddie seemed to be a dumb ass. I came over the Mt. into the Ft. Valley
>and saw this truck tilted sideways ready to roll after it
>flipped...household articles scattered everywhere Playboy magazines
>thrown awry. My first thought was WOW there must have been an accident
>and they haven't cleaned it up yet. Eddie was pinned w/ both legs under
>a F350 flatbed and the truck was ready to flip onto him and the people
>attending to him. I was the first upon the scene eating my ice cream
>cone. My phone had "No Service" but the 911 call was made from down the
>road. After the truck was stabalized from tipping onto Eddie and this
>being a Rural Area the assemblage tried to figure how to extracite Eddie
>w/out bringing the truck down upon them. With enough men we pushed the
>ton truck over and removed his legs. Eddie had at least major cuts,
>abrasions, broken legs and ribs and who knows what internal organ
>damage. He kept saying..."Oh Lord Please don't let me die" why do
>people only approach the Lord when they are in deep poo poo? Eddies'
>face was covered in blood and i would never recognize him if i saw him
>again but the first cop on the scene knew him as an habitual offender.
>Eddie was drunk, speeding and didn't have his seat belt on. What does
>Eddie have to do w/ Endurance? We should all be trained for simple
>Medical care because we are out in the boonies and NEED to know how to
>Stabalize someone if and when we come upon something like this. It
>could be us or our best friend but if you ever find yourself in a crisis
>mode it is best to know how to react. I'm glad no one was in Eddies
>path as he came down the Mountain and flipped his world backwards and
>sideways. Eddie may and most probably will live but what a scene he
>created. I did not get to finish my ice cream and left as soon as the
>truck was rocked off him and he kept saying..."Oh Lord Please don't let
>me die..........." tom sites
>


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