This woman managed to use her toes to call 911 after her hands and fingers were crushed while changing a tire Sunday night, which had left her trapped and alone, in excruciating pain, on the side of the highway for 35 minutes
A North Carolina woman's innovative thinking saved her life when her hands became trapped while changing a tire on the side of the highway Sunday night.
The 54-year-old woman, whom officials haven't named, was traveling on Interstate 95 in South Carolina when her car got a flat tire, according to Colleton County Fire-Rescue. The woman from Charlotte, North Carolina, pulled over in the breakdown lane along the highway."She removed the flat tire and was replacing it with the spare, when the jack slipped causing the car to fall, crushing both of her hands between the tire and the fender," the fire department said in a statement.
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