Logan motorcyclist thanks rescuers: ‘They saved my life’
When Tom Timplen arrived at the scene of Monday’s fiery motorcycle crash, he was pretty certain Brandon Wright was dead.Roger Vivier flat shoesNike shox shoes
"It was just a nightmare," he said during a press conference in Logan on Tuesday afternoon. "Huge flames shooting up in the air."
But a lady, laying on the ground and peering under the car, realized that Wright, 21,Golf Equipment Wholesale though wedged beneath the car, was still alive amid the burning debris.
Wright on Tuesday remained in Intermountain Medical Center in Murray, where he was listed in critical condition after his eastbound motorcycle collided with a BMW sedan about 11:40 a.m. on U.S. Highway 89 in Logan.
Matt Barney said he saw it happen, and he, too, thought the worst when both vehicles burst into flames and he realized Wright was trapped beneath.
"Dead or alive I don’t want to sit here and watch this guy burn," Barney, a radiation therapist, said he thought.
Timplen said he quickly pulled on a pair of gloves, and then witnesses said they watched him try single-handedly, but unsuccessfully, to lift the heavy car off Wright.brand name watches Then two or three more people tried to help.
When Logan patrol Sgt. Jason Olsen pulled up, he saw the woman laying on her belly and Timplen and the few others trying to move the heavy car. Olsen said he went for a jack to try to prop the car up, but within 3 to 5 seconds, a dozen people materialized and worked together to push the car off Wright’s body.
When Tom Timplen arrived at the scene of Monday’s fiery motorcycle crash, he was pretty certain Brandon Wright was dead.Roger Vivier flat shoesNike shox shoes
"It was just a nightmare," he said during a press conference in Logan on Tuesday afternoon. "Huge flames shooting up in the air."
But a lady, laying on the ground and peering under the car, realized that Wright, 21,Golf Equipment Wholesale though wedged beneath the car, was still alive amid the burning debris.
Wright on Tuesday remained in Intermountain Medical Center in Murray, where he was listed in critical condition after his eastbound motorcycle collided with a BMW sedan about 11:40 a.m. on U.S. Highway 89 in Logan.
Matt Barney said he saw it happen, and he, too, thought the worst when both vehicles burst into flames and he realized Wright was trapped beneath.
"Dead or alive I don’t want to sit here and watch this guy burn," Barney, a radiation therapist, said he thought.
Timplen said he quickly pulled on a pair of gloves, and then witnesses said they watched him try single-handedly, but unsuccessfully, to lift the heavy car off Wright.brand name watches Then two or three more people tried to help.
When Logan patrol Sgt. Jason Olsen pulled up, he saw the woman laying on her belly and Timplen and the few others trying to move the heavy car. Olsen said he went for a jack to try to prop the car up, but within 3 to 5 seconds, a dozen people materialized and worked together to push the car off Wright’s body.
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