‘The angels were looking out over her’
The Times Record
FREEPORT, Maine — A quick and skilled response by Freeport Rescue to an accident at Friday night’s Sparkle Weekend “Magic Parade of Lights” likely saved the life of a 3-year-old girl injured after a fall from a “Santa’s Workshop” float sponsored by a Pownal day care center.
The child, whose name has not been released, jumped off the float toward her father, who was walking beside the float, and was run over by the rear wheels of the trailer, said Freeport Fire Chief Darrel Fournier, who was on scene.
“The thing I’m very pleased with is that the trauma doctors and Maine Medical Center said due to the aggressive treatment of a paramedic and the rescue crew, they pretty much saved her life en route,” Fournier said. ...
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