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Rescuer helps teen free young sister from overturned car
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By WENDY MITCHELL Staff Writer
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PIQUA -- A short drive to school turned into a quick ride to the hospital for a Deming teenager Friday morning.
Just a few weeks after getting her driver's license, Jessica "Jessie" Fryman, 16, found herself in a precarious position near the top of Piqua Hill, on Kentucky 165, in Robertson County.
The first person to come across her overturned car was Blue Licks Battlefield State Resort Park employee Terri Burns.
Fryman had managed to free herself from the wreckage but couldn't get her sister, Colleen, 5, free of her seat belt.
"I heard that poor baby screaming 'Help me, help me!' and I was scared to death for her," said Burns. "I thought the car might blow up, so I helped her sister get her out."
"I completely forgot about having a cell phone. Somebody later told me I had hollered for them to call an ambulance," said Burns, who stayed with the Fryman and her sister Colleen until firefighters arrived.
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| A Deming student may have avoided serious injury to herself and her sister because they used their safety restraints Friday morning. Jessie Fryman was treated and released from the hospital after flipping her vehicle on Piqua Hill. Wendy Mitchell/Staff |
Colleen was shaking but unhurt. Her big sister, with some cuts on her hand, was worried about her father's reaction to the damaged car. Colleen worried about getting her school supplies out of the car, said Burns.
"She said she had to have her glue for class," said Burns.
Robertson County Volunteer firefighters and Nicholas County EMS responded to the scene as a possible entrapment call, which had been forwarded to 911 dispatch at Dry Ridge from Maysville dispatch, at 7:55 a.m., said dispatcher Don Weckbach.
Burns, who grew up in Piqua, complimented emergency personnel for the quickness of their response.
"I heard the sirens, looked up and saw Rooster (EMT/firefighter R.B. Mitchell) coming, and I told the girls everything would be okay," said Burns.
With both victims already out of the vehicle, and the vehicle over the embankment, firefighters were busy controlling the flow of traffic until the ambulance left.
Fryman's father Tony Fryman arrived shortly after the wreck. He was glad his girls did not appear to have been badly injured and had to convince Jessie to go to the hospital to have cuts on her hand evaluated.
"It never hurts to get checked out," said Tony Fryman "Colleen was fine and went on to school."
As Fryman waited in the rain for the tow truck, he tried to salvage a few of his daughters' belongings from the car.
"There's nothing else there I want. He can have it (for scrap). I just put those tires on last week," said Fryman. "It was the best car I ever had."
Jessie Fryman said she met a vehicle in the right hand curve, which may have been on her side of the road. She avoided hitting them, but, her tires caught in the gravel which caused her front tires to hit metal and posts used by the highway department to stabilize slippage on the hill. The front tires of Fryman's vehicle showed large gashes. The vehicle then flipped and landed behind the metal barrier, said Burns.
"I think the seat belts saved them," said Burns.
Fryman was transported to Nicholas County Hospital where she was treated and released.
Robertson County Sheriff Randy Insko also responded to the scene and is investigating the incident.
Insko said he did not anticipate filing any charges for the wreck.
Contact Wendy Mitchell at wendy.mitchell@lee.net or call 606-564-9091, ext. 370. |
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