After doing a 20 yesterday I was exhausted and hit the rack at around 10pm. I dont remember my head hitting the pillow.
At 0637 the little evil box does the wake up thing. I grab it and read MVA V and that was it. So I call dispatch and they tell me that we have a vehicle in the water only about 2 miles from my house as well as two of the other members.
All but two on the team make it to the scene. Im third on scene because of the lousy page. The first two hit the water and Im safety.
While the dive is going on I learn that the accident could have happened over 12 hours earlier. It was a very violent crash. The initial thoughts are the vehicle was possibly traveling at 70-100 mph.
We had one victim who was DOA and as yet we have not found anyone else.
Here is a sat pic of the area. The vehicle was traveling southbound and was attempting to cross the bridge. He didnt make it. Straighten out the turn on the roadway and go directly to the water. That will be where he landed.
http://terraserver.homeadvisor.msn.com/image.aspx?T=1&S=10&Z=11&X=2519&Y=26417&W=1
Look at the intersection on the left lower corner of the pic.. On the east side of the northsouth street is a row of housed. My 5 acres runs behind those homes and my house is on the east west street. If you click "-" on the scale you can see just how close we are. Lots of calls to the dam area.
http://terraserver.homeadvisor.msn.com/image.aspx?T=1&S=10&Z=11&X=2529&Y=26427&W=1
Gary D.
At 0637 the little evil box does the wake up thing. I grab it and read MVA V and that was it. So I call dispatch and they tell me that we have a vehicle in the water only about 2 miles from my house as well as two of the other members.
All but two on the team make it to the scene. Im third on scene because of the lousy page. The first two hit the water and Im safety.
While the dive is going on I learn that the accident could have happened over 12 hours earlier. It was a very violent crash. The initial thoughts are the vehicle was possibly traveling at 70-100 mph.
We had one victim who was DOA and as yet we have not found anyone else.
Here is a sat pic of the area. The vehicle was traveling southbound and was attempting to cross the bridge. He didnt make it. Straighten out the turn on the roadway and go directly to the water. That will be where he landed.
http://terraserver.homeadvisor.msn.com/image.aspx?T=1&S=10&Z=11&X=2519&Y=26417&W=1
Look at the intersection on the left lower corner of the pic.. On the east side of the northsouth street is a row of housed. My 5 acres runs behind those homes and my house is on the east west street. If you click "-" on the scale you can see just how close we are. Lots of calls to the dam area.
http://terraserver.homeadvisor.msn.com/image.aspx?T=1&S=10&Z=11&X=2529&Y=26427&W=1
Gary D.