Are you fine . Hes waking up. Hes like somebody hit me from the back. I told him, yeah, i know. Reporter herrera said soon he learned the trooper was trapped. I tumpd his shoulder. Im like officer, are you okay . Are you awake . I didnt get no response. And i just got on his walkietalkie and i just said trooper down on 495. Caller he backed his tow truck up and moved the mercedes out of the way. Two witnesses say this man got out of the mercedes. Police have not confirmed that for us. State Police Identify the driver as Prasad Yadavalli of new jersey. He was in shock. He had head trauma. He was bleeding like crazy. When he stepped out of the car, i seen him just Walking Around his car, you know, and everybody else was trying to get the police, the trooper out of the car. Reporter this tow truck driver says his rig was also struck by the mercedes after it hit the trooper. He says everyone quickly sprang into action. All of trying to help the trooper, but we couldnt do anything with our
Crash into the pole. Wendy . All right, Meagan Fitzgerald. The maryland state trooper who was hit in his cruiser on the beltway in Prince Georges County yesterday is still in the hospital. Were learning new details from a witness who says the driver of the mercedes was struck by another vehicle, and that caused him to drive erratically and thus hit the trooper. Bureau chief Tracee Wilkins is live in college park to explain how this all happened. Reporter wendy, we have spent the day talking to people who were involved in this accident and witnesses who saw it. Its giving us a clearer idea of what happened. This tow truck driver showed us the damage done to his rig after he says a mercedes spun out of control after already striking a state trooper on the shoulder of the beltway yesterday. It all happened just after 2 00 p. M. On the outer loop near 450. Police say trooper Ezra Ganeshananda was parked behind a disabled vehicle with a tow truck in front of it when a mercedes slammed into
Picked up by parents or taken to the Elementary School by another bus that Prince Georges County provided. Were told those who were taken to the hospital, again, they complained of having some kind of pain in their neck or back. So as a prekaticautionary measu they were put on stretchers and taken to the hospital. The transporting process, were told, went smoothly. Just happened at the time of the day when our partnership with amr had us the resources on the street that were available. In fact, we had somea mr and d. C. Fire ambulances come here that didnt even require a transport. So because of the nature of the day and because our partnership with amr, we were fully staffed and everybody was up and running and there was no delay in our response. Reporter and d. C. Fire officials tell us that all of those students and the adults that were transported to the hospital are expected to be released sometime this evening. As far as how this happened or why the bus crashing into the pole, th
This week in 1974, Tom T. Hall had a hit on both the country and pop music charts with a song that started as a suggestion from a psychiatrist friend of his.
I m aware that most of the stories I receive are composed on a keyboard (although younger folks seem to be able to communicate via iPhone with just two thumbs).