Family gives thanks to local first responders following near-death accident
St. James Plaindealer
On Oct. 2 of last year, members of the St. James Emergency Medical Service, St. James Fire and the Watonwan County Sheriff s Office responded to a head-on collision between a semi and a car.
Dispatcher Emily Bentson received the call that night. I was new in the position of dispatch, and this the first big accident that I was on my own by myself. The 911 call came in and it was the driver of the [truck] and all I could hear was oh my God, hurry, recalls Bentson, a voluntary EMT. I m on the phone [and] you can t do anything but get everyone else going, so that s where it s hard for me.
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