Victims of Tuesday accidents doing okay
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| May 21, 2011 |
Two Bonners Ferry people injured in separate
accidents Tuesday, one of them flown out on a
MedStar helicopter and the other one nearly so,
are recovering well.
Tanya Currie, 37, was trapped in her Pontiac
Vibe for more than an hour as EMTs worked to
extricate her after she struck a south-bound
semi at about 9:22 a.m. Tuesday at the north
intersection of Deep Creek Loop and US 95,
pinning her vehicle beneath the rig's trailer.
While work was going on to extricate her from
the vehicle, a MedStar helicopter landed on the
fourth green at Mirror Lake, and within moments
of her being freed from the car she was flown to
Kootenai Medical Center, and later to a hospital
in Spokane.
According to EMT Ken Baker, Currie suffered arm
and leg fractures in the collision.
"The side airbag in her car absolutely made a
difference," he said. "If she hadn't had that,
the outcome would have been much worse."
At about 1:16 p.m., sheriffs dispatch received a
report of a tractor roll-over on Bridle Path
Road in Paradise Valley, and responders arriving
at the scene found Elden Merrifield, 72, laying
on the ground, face down, responsive but turning
blue in the face. A second MedStar helicopter
was requested, but its arrival was delayed so
EMTs transported Merrifield to Boundary
Community Hospital.
According to a relative, Merrifield suffered a
fractured rib and punctured lung, but, while
sore, he's recovering nicely. |
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