Deputies received lifesaving awards for their response to a personal injury accident on May 24th of this year.
Deputies Quinten Might and Michael Owens were presented lifesaving awards for their response to a personal injury accident on May 24th of this year. Deputies Might and Owens were dispatched to the area of US 41 and Interstate 64, and upon arriving they discovered that two vehicles had collided, and one of them was rapidly bursting in flames.
Deputy Might stated that as the fire engulfed the vehicle he observed a person outside the vehicle who was sitting with the assistance of bystanders. Upon approaching the individual Deputy Might discovered that the person was unconscious and not breathing.
At that point, Deputies Might and Owens hooked up an AED unit and began two-person CPR while Haubstadt Town Marshal Jason Wright stabilized the patient’s C spine to prevent further injury.
At one point during the life-saving event, the patient had to be moved away from the area of the vehicle due to multiple small explosions from the fire.
Ultimately the patient did regain consciousness at the scene and was able to provide details about what had led up to the accident.
