Nevada Highway Patrol troopers have praised the actions of several road users after they jumped into action to help save the life of a motorcycle rider.
Police praised the group of Good Samaritans for lifting the front of a sports-utility vehicle and freeing the motorbiker trapped underneath.
“The driver of the motorcycle made an unsafe lane change and struck the rear of a pickup truck,” police said. “Both motorcycle driver and passenger were ejected and the driver slid under an SUV passing in an adjacent lane.”
The rescue was caught on a trooper’s body camera and was released by police along with the statement that described the accident as a “serious injury crash.”
The footage shows the chaotic scene on the I-80 with vehicles stopped at the scene of the accident. The officer asks the people assisting, “put your hands up here,” before saying, “lift.”
After pulling the biker out from under the vehicle, the trooper yells “put it down, put it down,” before telling the rider, “don’t move, don’t move, stay right there.”
The motorcycle rider can be heard asking “where’s she at?” to which someone responds “she’s right there, she’s fine.” In another part of the footage, the female passenger can be seen sitting on the road as someone offers help.
The trooper is the heard calling in an update to dispatch, saying, “we lifted the car and got him out.”
‘Great Learning Lesson’
The Nevada Highway Patrol post sparked numerous reactions.“This video is a great learning lesson,” one commenter wrote.
“And that’s why you wear a helmet,” someone else noted, adding, “Great job everyone.”
“As seen in the video, never remove the helmet off of a fallen rider. Leave it for the medical professionals. One lucky rider! To a fast recovery for the rider and passenger,” another person wrote.
Rider Survives 180 MPH Motorcycle Crash
The incident recalls the case of Loris Baz, a French motorcycle racer, who crashed at 180 mph during a MotoGP test and emerged largely unscathed.Baz was miraculously able to walk away from the accident, which was captured on video.
His rear tire blew out, causing him to lose control of the bike.
The incident occurred at Malaysia’s Sepang International Circuit in 2016.
Man Buys Motorcycle, Dies in Crash on His First Ride Home
A man in Anson, Maine, purchased a motorcycle and died a few hours later in a crash while on his first ride home on May 31.The Sheriff’s office said that speed and inexperience led to the crash. The driver, who was not wearing a helmet, lost control of the motorcycle and went into the shoulder of the road and was thrown from the vehicle into a ditch.
Mortality Figures in the United States
According to 2017 data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), National Center for Health Statistics, the 10 leading causes of death in the United States were: heart disease, cancer, unintentional injuries, chronic lower respiratory diseases, stroke, Alzheimer disease, diabetes, influenza and pneumonia, kidney disease, and suicide.The third most common cause of death in the United States was unintentional injury.
These further break down as follows: the most common are unintentional poisoning deaths (58,335), followed by motor vehicle traffic deaths (40,327), and unintentional fall deaths in third place (34,673).
About one in five drowning fatalities are children under 14, the CDC notes. For every child that dies due to drowning, five receive emergency department care for nonfatal injuries.
The 10 leading causes accounted for 74 percent of all deaths in the United States in 2017.
