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Elderly Driver Mishap No Joke for Victim Pinned between Vehicles
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by harringtola | February 19, 2009 at 01:34 pm
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The 29 year old victim was a parking lot attendant of Trader Joe's grocery store. He, David Franklin, was transferred to Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston.
About 50 shoppers looked on as more than a dozen Brookline firefighters used the Jaws of Life to free Franklin, whose leg was twisted around the wheel well of the parked SUV. The dramatic rescue took about 20 minutes, and would have taken longer had even one fewer firefighter responded to the popular store at the corner of Longwood Avenue and Harvard Street, said Deputy Fire Chief Robert Ward.
Ward said the man was struck by a minivan driven by Schachter at 11:40 a.m. and pushed into the Explorer. Police say two other parked cars were also damaged by the force of the hit.
One firefighter was injured while puncturing a tire on the Explorer in an attempt to free Franklin’s leg. Ward said that while the man was screaming in pain, he was “holding it together very well.”
Three of the towns seven fire companies responded. Fire Chief Ward made note of the fact that the situation would have much worse if cost cutting measures proposed cutting the number of companies to six would have been in place.
“It’s ludicrous,” he said of the money-saving measure.
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at 07:52 on March 6th, 2009
was really bad. thanks for the news: S
at 21:24 on March 9th, 2009
Why are not the elders being taken care of by their children they can atleast be droven around by their children or atlest they should go along with their parents
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