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Fellow surfers applied pressure on the wound and tied a T-shirt to stop the bleeding; he is expected to survive
The Fire Department is all volunteers and establishing EMS service was done from donations and through fundraisers
The accident killed at least one child and hurt 80 people, 46 of whom remained hospitalized early Sunday
An older model flat screen television was in the back seat with the boy when his mother struck a pole
She reached into the cage and her sleeve got stuck; staff immediately started emergency procedures
One of the EMTs just so happened to have his medic bag; the man was taken to the hospital and officials say he suffered a seizure in the water
Police officers said they believe teen was high on drugs; he was taken to a local hospital with minor injuries
The downed power lines sparked a small brush fire, but fire crews were able to knock out the blaze quickly; no injuries were reported
The 12-year-old and his younger brother witnessed their father allegedly stab their mother to death Saturday night
The 8-year-old was on a sidewalk running after the truck, and the driver didn’t see her as she darted in front of the vehicle
The man’s identity and motive remain a mystery
The dead victim and several injured people were found in the clubhouse; another injured victim was found on a nearby street
Everglades Park Ranger Anthony Terry said, ‘I thought it was all over ... If they weren’t there so fast, I wouldn’t be here today’
First medic on scene’s radio traffic: “I need every available EMS unit in the county here. I need you to launch every helicopter you can launch this way.”
The suspects allegedly spray painted a garage door at the Rockingham County Emergency building and the side of a truck in the parking lot
Authorities said it appeared the pilot and three passengers died in the crash and there were no survivors
D.C. Fire Department spokesman Tim Wilson says the man has life-threatening injuries
He set off on his quad bike on Saturday afternoon and got into trouble after it flipped and took off down the hill
Gunshot wounds were found, though officials say the cause of their deaths was not yet known
To discipline the boy, the driver grabbed his arm and twisted it behind his back; the child was later determined to have a fractured arm
She was taken to the hospital, where she was conscious and speaking to police a day later
Authorities took the suicidal man to the hospital to receive treatment
“We need only caskets, certainly not ambulances,” Pietro Bartolo, chief of health services said; he gave the death toll at 94 but said it would certainly rise as search operations continued
The birth went smoothly and the responders say it’s a call they will never forget
Officials say it could take a couple of days before releasing the names of the eight people who died in the fiery bus crash
The bus crossed the median and struck the other two vehicles; the tractor-trailer caught fire and the bus overturned
The dispatcher is still on the job pending the investigation; his girlfriend is badly burned, but recovering
Officials say the woman was taken to a nearby hospital where she later died
37 of the 1,600 stung are in critical or serious condition in hospitals
