Woman whose hands were crushed by her car while she was changing a tire on the side of a road managed to save herself by using her toes to call 911.
A 54-year-old woman from North Carolina suffered a flat tire on a dark section of I-95 in Colleton County, South Carolina, just before 7 p.m. on Sunday evening when she pulled over into the breakdown lane to inspect it.
For 35 minutes the woman was stuck with the weight of the car crushing her hands but she was somehow able to slip off one of her shoes during the incident and dial 911 with her toes to inform the emergency services about her predicament. Authorities arrived 8 minutes later.This image was released by Colleton County Fire-Rescue in South Carolina shows the aftermath of an accident where a woman's hands became trapped between the car tire and fender on Sunday, Feb. 2, 2020.
“[Colleton County Fire-Rescue] used a prybar without success and then deflated the tire to remove the air, however the car jut dropped as the tire deflated,” said CCFR. “Using the prybar, they were able to free one hand.”
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