Woman's Arm Severed In Car Accident

LEX18 - Woman's Arm Severed In Car Accident: "CLARK COUNTY
Woman's Arm Severed In Car Accident

A Letcher County woman suffered a horrible injury early Thursday when her arm was severed in a car crash on the Mountain Parkway in Clark County.

Jacqueline Dotson and her six-year-old daughter had to be cut out of their vehicle after the accident in which Dotson veered into the median and over-corrected, rolling her truck over the guardrail and landing upside down after flipping several times.

Several people stopped to help, and it turns out, the good samaritans may very well have saved Dotson's life. Sheila Vice, a nurse's aide, and an off-duty EMT from another county stopped to help, and put a tourniquet on Dotson's arm to stop the bleeding. Her arm was found near the accident still clutching a cell phone.

'Basically we stayed there and talked to them until the EMT drivers got there,' said Vice.

Rescuers used the jaws of life to get the Dotson and her daughter out of the truck. Both were flown to hospitals, and Dotson is listed in serious condition at UK Hospital. Her daughter is not in the hospital, and sheriff's officials say they believe she's going to be fine.

Both were wearing seat belts."

I post this one for Rhett, and for all those of you who drive with your hand to your ear.

There is nothing so important that you should throw caution to the wind, nothing so urgent that you need to throw the 2 IQ points of common sense you actually do have into the dark dungeon of your mind, and drive with your hand up to your ear.

One day, try this: instead of having your cellphone up to your ear, stick your finger in it - try driving like that for a little while - and realize that even though it is not that bad, with a cellphone it's far far worse.

/update later, in the overnight hours.
//podcast still sucked.. scrapped for the next few days.