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Rescue workers labor hard to save two men from wreck
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January 28, 2009 - 9:28 PM
Francine Sawyer and Sue Book
Sun Journal
HAVELOCK -- Rescue workers from four area agencies battled more than two hours Tuesday night, using nearly every weapon they had, to save two young Marines trapped in a crashed car.
The two men, identified as Shaun Deibert, 24, the driver, and passenger Sam Farr, 21, of Cherry Point, were trapped for two hours inside the 2000 Pontiac Grand Prix with a Kansas plate.
Late Wednesday, Deibert was listed in fair condition and Farr in critical condition at Pitt County Memorial Hospital, where they were taken after the car they were in ran off the eastbound lane of N.C. 101 and wrapped around a tree.
State Highway Patrol Trooper R.A. Woods said Deibert was in the left lane passing cars and saw a car coming.
"He tried to get back in his lane but lost control," Woods said. "The car went off the roadway, overturned, and collided with a tree."
He said speed was a contributing factor in the wreck.
The men were to taken to Craven County Regional Medical Center, Woods said, then on to Pitt County Memorial Hospital by ambulance because the EastCare helicopter could not fly at the time.
Fog hung heavy on Tuesday night and there was still dirt on the roadway used to keep drivers safe in last week's snow.
The melted snow also left ditches full. Rescue workers had to build a makeshift bridge to get to the car, which was nose-down with the windshield against the tree, and get the men to the ambulances.
About 20 rescue vehicles were at the scene, including fire vehicles generating light for about 40 first responders. The responders worked in shifts in the effort to free the trapped men, one of whom several said was "fading fast."
Wire pulleys attached to vehicles and trees let the car down gently enough to prevent further injury.
After one victim was freed, placed on the stretcher, and carefully passed by a chain of people up the bank, placed on the gurney, and rolled into the awaiting ambulance, one worker took off his sweaty helmet and said, "I think I've done my job."
There was a collective sigh of relief by responders from Havelock, Cherry Point, Harlowe and Craven EMS when the second victim came up the bank with an oxygen mask on his face, signaling that both men were still breathing.
The emergency personnel worked on both men in the back of the ambulances for a while before pulling away.
N.C. 101 between McCotter Boulevard and Mill Creek Road was shut down for almost three hours as first responders worked to get the men out of the car.
At 10:45 p.m., the parking lot of the Jim Dandy Shell Station at McCotter and Fontana was full of cars waiting for the road to open.
Ellie
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January 28, 2009 - 9:28 PM
Francine Sawyer and Sue Book
Sun Journal
HAVELOCK -- Rescue workers from four area agencies battled more than two hours Tuesday night, using nearly every weapon they had, to save two young Marines trapped in a crashed car.
The two men, identified as Shaun Deibert, 24, the driver, and passenger Sam Farr, 21, of Cherry Point, were trapped for two hours inside the 2000 Pontiac Grand Prix with a Kansas plate.
Late Wednesday, Deibert was listed in fair condition and Farr in critical condition at Pitt County Memorial Hospital, where they were taken after the car they were in ran off the eastbound lane of N.C. 101 and wrapped around a tree.
State Highway Patrol Trooper R.A. Woods said Deibert was in the left lane passing cars and saw a car coming.
"He tried to get back in his lane but lost control," Woods said. "The car went off the roadway, overturned, and collided with a tree."
He said speed was a contributing factor in the wreck.
The men were to taken to Craven County Regional Medical Center, Woods said, then on to Pitt County Memorial Hospital by ambulance because the EastCare helicopter could not fly at the time.
Fog hung heavy on Tuesday night and there was still dirt on the roadway used to keep drivers safe in last week's snow.
The melted snow also left ditches full. Rescue workers had to build a makeshift bridge to get to the car, which was nose-down with the windshield against the tree, and get the men to the ambulances.
About 20 rescue vehicles were at the scene, including fire vehicles generating light for about 40 first responders. The responders worked in shifts in the effort to free the trapped men, one of whom several said was "fading fast."
Wire pulleys attached to vehicles and trees let the car down gently enough to prevent further injury.
After one victim was freed, placed on the stretcher, and carefully passed by a chain of people up the bank, placed on the gurney, and rolled into the awaiting ambulance, one worker took off his sweaty helmet and said, "I think I've done my job."
There was a collective sigh of relief by responders from Havelock, Cherry Point, Harlowe and Craven EMS when the second victim came up the bank with an oxygen mask on his face, signaling that both men were still breathing.
The emergency personnel worked on both men in the back of the ambulances for a while before pulling away.
N.C. 101 between McCotter Boulevard and Mill Creek Road was shut down for almost three hours as first responders worked to get the men out of the car.
At 10:45 p.m., the parking lot of the Jim Dandy Shell Station at McCotter and Fontana was full of cars waiting for the road to open.
Ellie