What a sad occurrence, especially on Christmas Eve. God bless their loved ones. Great that you could assist.

Ditto the directive not to move an injured person unless they are in imminent danger, such as from fire.

My sister, then age 16, drove off the road and into a tree. Friends were behind her in another car. They were about to pull her out of the car when a trucker stopped and told them not to move her.

That trucker was the first person to save my sister's life that night. The volunteer EMT who responded was her next savior. Three neck vertebrae were shattered on impact (C-5, 6 and 7).

Pieces of bone were poised to slice her spinal cord. She also suffered severe head injury. Her surgeons said that had she been moved she'd likely have been rendered quadriplegic, or dead.

Don't move a trauma victim.


P.S. -- she was only going 30 mph. Tell kids to buckle up!