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Combine demolishes pickup in crash
Posted By ASHLEY HOUSE
Posted 3 months ago
A number of good Samaritans came to the rescue of one man after a morning crash on Nixon Road at Concession Road 13 in Norfolk County yesterday.
Ryan Thyssen, Greg Cooper and a third employee at GVN Industrial known as Gunner, were well into their workday at the shop located at the intersection around 9 a. m. when one of them witnessed something horrifying.
"I heard Gunner scream and I went to see what was wrong," said Thyssen, who runs the shop at GVN. "He and (Greg) were already hopping the fence and running over (to the scene.)"
Gunner was outside when he saw a truck heading east on Concession 13 and a John Deere combine heading northbound on Nixon Road collide in the middle of the intersection.
The collision forced the two vehicles into the northeast ditch on Nixon Road, ripping up dirt as the truck dug into the ground. The impact crushed the truck and forced the driver, 19-year-old Evan Saunders of Port Dover, out of the driver's side window while pinching his legs inside.
"He was just hanging out there," Thyssen said. "I was surprised he wasn't dead. He's one lucky guy. I thought for sure he'd be cut in half."
Thyssen, Cooper and Gunner worked to free Saunders, who played for the Port Dover Sailors hockey team last season, in fear that the truck might catch fire.
"We reefed on the door and Gunner wrenched up the steering wheel," Thyssen said. "We talked to him, tried to keep him awake. He had a couple of good gashes on his face."
Once Saunders was on the ground, Thyssen noticed a deep and large gash on Saunders elbow.
Thyssen ran back to his vehicle and grabbed a sweater to apply pressure and stop the bleeding. Another man stopped to help on the scene as did a woman, a lifeguard who knew first aid, before paramedics, police and the fire department arrived.
Saunders was taken to Norfolk General Hospital with non-life threatening injuries.
The driver of the combine was not injured.
The Norfolk OPP continues to investigate the cause of the collision. No charges have been laid at this time.
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