Posted: 2/10/2009 3:16:47 PM EDT
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This Virginia State Trooper saved a 3 y/o girl on her birthday
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Trooper saves girl onUpdated: Monday, 09 Feb 2009, 3:49 PM EST Published : Monday, 09 Feb 2009, 1:48 PM EST CHESAPEAKE, Va. - A Virginia State Trooper is credited with saving a little girl's life, on her third birthday. When Trooper K.J. Johnson arrived at an accident scene on February 6, he noticed smoke and flames coming from a car and heard a mother screaming for him to rescue her child. The car ran off the road, flipped and caught on fire on Route 13 in Accomack County. Trooper Johnson tried to put out the fire with his portable extinguisher, but it wasn't enough. So he crawled into the burning car and pulled the child to safety. She was stuck under the dashboard of the overturned vehicle. Paramedics arrived and took the little girl, two other children and their mother to Shore Memorial Hospital. The 3-year-old had two broken legs. Trooper Johnson was treated and released for smoke inhalation. State Police say the trooper's heroic actions and quick thinking saved the three year old. (copied and pasted because my connection kept timing out when clicking the link...their website seems slow...) 'Good job' to the trooper.  Notice the "FTP" crowd is not participating in this thread...I guess cops only deserve attention when they mess up. |
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From that carnage, it would be hard to tell who was strapped in or not. The girl should have been in the back strapped into a car seat. Being that she was trapped under the dash, it would appear that she wasn't in a car seat. If that is the case, the mother should be charged..
Big +1 for a guick thinking and even quicker responding Trooper....... 
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