Whoa, I had to do a simulated victim rescue from one of these in Vehicle Rescue Operations class.
I thought at the time there was no way this could happen in real life but damn here we are
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Ok, and how did it get to that position? Nothing I imagine makes sense.
Isnt this the car that one of the agents jumped off whilst chasing Trinity during that high speed chase?
I don't know how it got that way.
I do know I'm supposed to investigate with binoculars from a pretty far distance, then
- setup a hoseline in case the fuel ignites
- only let rescuers get close for a few seconds to connect stabilizers like struts or junk yard dogs all around any direction it can fall
- disconnect the batteries on all three
- put on the parking break on all three
- add chocks under the frame of the two with all 4 wheels on the ground
After that I'd find the easiest way to extract the victims, probably by cutting off the roof with our electric cutters avoiding any undeployed airbags in the roof struts.
Finally, we'd move the victims through where the windshield is, taking care to put neck / back collars on any with possible spinal injuries.
And that's the end of my armchair quarterbacking. Here's hoping I do all of these steps the next time I have a rescue like this.
My first thought was the vertical car's chassis was mounted high and car behind had just rear ended it so hard it flipped up and in a very unlikely turn of events happened to tip up with just the right amount of force to balance rather than fall further over on top of the front car. But if that was the case, you'd expect the back car's windshield would be shattered and I can't tell for sure whether it is or not in that picture.
Your guess is as good as mine, I don't know how it gets that way, just how to stabilize the vehicle and get victims out.
Maybe both cars were speeding, and both hit the breaks, but the rear car pushed the other one up in the air just right that it balanced that way?
Nothing I imagine makes sense.
I imagine they're a fire fighter or work in emergency medical services?
I wouldn't stand right there
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Sir, you can't park here.