Post by TaZ on Feb 13, 2010 19:44:27 GMT -5
Written 14th April 2009
Last Sunday exactly a week ago today I had my worst day ever in my entire life. I was the first to a double fatality car accident, and then just hours later I witnessed somebody get killed in motorbike racing while I was flag marshaling Australian Superbike championships.
My father and I had left early in the morning around 6:10 am to gl flag marshaling as the race track is a bit over an hour away and we needed to be early for briefings sign ons ect.
We were traveling along and saw a ute wrapped around a tree. There were two ppl walking around looking very lost. I then saw a guy in the car with blood on his face. I said to dad we're going to have to help!
So we pulled over. I grabbed my first aid kit and went running to the scene. The driver was well and truly trapped and screaming for us to get him out. I asked if somebody had called 000 and a nearby neighbor yelled out yep I did.
I could see a guy slumped over in the middle virtually curled up in a fetal position. there was no way I could get to him. One of the ppl said there is another one over here. I was shocked that there could be someone else as there wasn't anything left for me to find anybody else. I raced around and saw a man slumped, head and arm leaning out the window.
I opened my my first aid kit grabbed my gloves to take a pulse on him. I couldn't get a radial pulse so I tried a carotid pulse but still nothing. I then went to inspect his eyes and realised they were open but not moving.
My father asked me how is he? I said he is deceased and I think its reasonable to believe the one in the middle is too. I then focused on the driver. Had a hard time keeping his head still he was frantic to get out.
Eventually a firetruck state emergency services tonnes of police and an ambulance arrived although they seemed to take forever to get there. I stood around talking to the driver while they used the jaws of life to get him out.
We left the scene I was pretty shaken but we still went to flag marshal for the day which was a big mistake. standby for what happened to me while flag marshaling Australian Superbikes Championships less than 3 hours later.
Last Sunday exactly a week ago today I had my worst day ever in my entire life. I was the first to a double fatality car accident, and then just hours later I witnessed somebody get killed in motorbike racing while I was flag marshaling Australian Superbike championships.
My father and I had left early in the morning around 6:10 am to gl flag marshaling as the race track is a bit over an hour away and we needed to be early for briefings sign ons ect.
We were traveling along and saw a ute wrapped around a tree. There were two ppl walking around looking very lost. I then saw a guy in the car with blood on his face. I said to dad we're going to have to help!
So we pulled over. I grabbed my first aid kit and went running to the scene. The driver was well and truly trapped and screaming for us to get him out. I asked if somebody had called 000 and a nearby neighbor yelled out yep I did.
I could see a guy slumped over in the middle virtually curled up in a fetal position. there was no way I could get to him. One of the ppl said there is another one over here. I was shocked that there could be someone else as there wasn't anything left for me to find anybody else. I raced around and saw a man slumped, head and arm leaning out the window.
I opened my my first aid kit grabbed my gloves to take a pulse on him. I couldn't get a radial pulse so I tried a carotid pulse but still nothing. I then went to inspect his eyes and realised they were open but not moving.
My father asked me how is he? I said he is deceased and I think its reasonable to believe the one in the middle is too. I then focused on the driver. Had a hard time keeping his head still he was frantic to get out.
Eventually a firetruck state emergency services tonnes of police and an ambulance arrived although they seemed to take forever to get there. I stood around talking to the driver while they used the jaws of life to get him out.
We left the scene I was pretty shaken but we still went to flag marshal for the day which was a big mistake. standby for what happened to me while flag marshaling Australian Superbikes Championships less than 3 hours later.
