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Message: <blockquote data-quote="HeavenShallBurn" data-source="post: 3666501" data-attributes="member: 39593">On my way back from town I was graphically reminded why wet roads and cell phones don't mix.  The first things I saw was the smoke rising from the hood of a wrecked Honda in the border of the field alongside the road.  Then the woman lying in the ditch just off the shoulder about seventy feet away.  She had compound fractures on her right arm, a broken pelvis, head injuries, and most likely internal injuries as well.  The last thing she remembered doing prior to lying there in the rain was talking to someone on a cellphone. Luckily she'd wrecked just a few minutes before I got there and it was at the tail end of rush hour when the factories in the nearest town let out so there was traffic on the road.  Otherwise she could have lain their for an hour or more without anybody passing by on that road.  I gave what help I could, put a blanket over her, held an umbrella to keep the rain off, kept her calm and talking cause she was shocky and I worried about her losing consciousness, prevented her from moving.  Problem was she wrecked in a spot where I couldn't get coverage on my cell phone.  It wasn't until the sixth person to arrive that somebody actually managed to get through to 911, and the lifeflight helos were grounded due to weather.  It took a good hour and a quarter for the EMS to get on site.One of the trucks that stopped to help me render aid turned out to be her husband, that was the worst part.  It wasn't until he got close that he recognized her and when he saw her injuries I though he was going to be in shock too.  But he turned out to be a great help, kept his head, did a great job of keeping her calm and not moving until the EMS got there.  Once him and two or three other people were there I tried to get the car turned off since it was smoking and I was worried about fire but I couldn't get it out of gear.  Eventually the EMS had to pry the hood open with a crowbar and disconnect the battery to make it stop.I hope she recovers.  The entire thing was a slug between the eyes that reminded me just why I don't use the cell phone while driving, especially on wet roads.  And it made me want to remind EN Worlders because I wouldn't want that happening to anyone here.</blockquote>

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