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Two Taney County Ambulance District Paramedics are being commended for pulling an unconscious driver out of a burning vehicle after it had crashed into a rock bluff.
In a press release, TCAD Public Information Officer Jonathan Tudor said on Friday, Dec. 18, TCAD Paramedics Shea Lathrum and Brandon Busch were returning to Taney County from an out-of-county transport when they observed a motor vehicle accident on U.S. 65 in Christian County near Saddlebrooke.Â
The paramedics were traveling southbound when they witnessed a vehicle impact a rock bluff, at highway speed, in the northbound lane. Immediately after witnessing the accident, the paramedics requested assistance from the jurisdictions having authority, according to the press release.
PRESS RELEASE
HOLLISTER, MO TCAD Paramedics Shea Lathrum and Brandon Busch were returning to Taney County from an out-of-county transport Dec. 18, 2020, when they observed a motor vehicle accident on U.S. Highway 65 in Christian County. The paramedics witnessed a vehicle impact a rock bluff at highway speed. Immediately after witnessing the accident, the paramedics requested assistance from the jurisdictions having authority.
Because of the terrain, Lathrum and Busch had to travel about a mile south to find a safe place to turn around. When they arrived back at the scene, the paramedics found a heavily damaged vehicle on fire with an unconscious driver still inside. Lathrum and Busch deployed fire extinguishers and were able to pry the driver s side door open to extract the patient. Within seconds, the vehicle was fully engulfed in fire.