A nurse fell 75 feet from a Maryland bridge while helping an accident victim.
The accident happened on August 3 on the I 70 bridge over the Monocacy River when 47 year old Angela Weir was traveling to the gym with her husband. As they crossed the bridge early in the morning ahead of them was a major accident between a tractor trailer and a dump truck.
Husband Chris stopped the car to call 911 while Angela ran to try and help the victims. The tanker was burning fiercely and she was concerned it may be carrying fuel and explode so she did not want to get too close, but the dump truck was upside down and thinking the driver may be trapped, she ran towards that. She wanted to stay away from the flames so went to the other side of the Jersey barrier, but forgot she was on a bridge and fell 75 feet.
Although the area has trees and rocks she missed them all and fell into 12 feet of water. She then began to swim but being concerned about a possible spinal injury she decided to remain still and called for help.
Her husband thought she was still helping the crash victims or in one of the ambulances assisting until a another person heard her in the water. Maryland State police were informed and eventually she was rescued and taken by helicopter to the shock trauma center where she was shortly due to start her shift as a nurse, where she was found to only be suffering from cuts and bruises
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