So, I'm a truck driver with an expediting company in Dayton, OH. I was getting off the highway headed for a delivery in downtown Dayton and saw a body laying off to the side of the exit ramp, I about had a heart attack, quickly stopped on the side of the ramp and got out. I dialed 911 as I ran up to the body, it was a guy in his mid early 20's face down in the cold snow. There was some blood on the snow above his head, his legs were sorta crossed, and he looked stiff. I thought for sure this dude was dead. 911 answered and asked me if he was breathing, I tried to check for a pulse and didn't feel anything, skin was cold to the touch. Another truck driver in a AAA tow truck pulled off to the side to help me, some drivers just kept going by, not giving a damn. The tow truck driver got out, pretty much blocking the entire exit ramp, not giving a fuck. He looked at the body and asked me if he was dead, I said I didn't know for sure. The 911 dispatcher told me to try and roll over the body, me and the other driver rolled him over, and blood was all over his face, coming from his nose and right eye, it didn't feel like he was breathing and I couldn't detect a pulse, he looked gray as a stone. He suddenly started twitching slightly, making shivering noises. I relayed that information to the 911 dispatcher and they told me to just stay there, emergency vehicles are on the way. The tow truck driver had some blankets that he covered the guy in as we waited...I started to hear sirens, and then an ambulance came from the wrong way side up the exit ramp, pretty much at the same time a Dayton police officer arrived. The medics quickly got to the guy, lifted him up onto a stretcher and went into the back of the ambulance. The cop that showed up got a statement from me and told me that I had to wait because if he was dead/dies, it turns into an investigation.  The police officer told me to wait in my truck until more information is found out. I waited for about 5 mins and I saw the cop get out of the back of the ambulance, he came up to my window and said that the guy was jacked up on heroin and had enough in his system to kill him, but the cold may have saved his life. I waited for a few more minutes and then the ambulance sped away, a police officer then gave me the thumbs up and I was clear to leave. The whole thing took about 25 minutes. 

 

This was a pretty crazy experience, first time I have dialed 911 and I'm 20.  I can't find anything about it on the news, and I have no idea if the guy is alive or not, but I feel good about what I did. I just keep thinking how many people drove by him and didn't stop. The police figured that he was dumped out of a vehicle, left to die on the side of the road, pretty shitty.

 

 

Edited January 7, 20179 yr by gamepro552

Heroin does some weird stuff. The fact that you thought he might have been dead doesn't come as a surprise based on what I have seen it do (Police/Fire/Ambulance dispatcher and EMT in a blue collar community  here). The only real way to reverse the effects of heroin is Naloxone which I'm sure they administered in the back of the truck, but kudos for stopping with good intentions. 

Edited January 7, 20179 yr by jcpse

It's unfortunate that you had to witness that, here in West Virginia it happens far too often. This whole drug epidemic is getting out of hand.

On 1/6/2017 at 10:23 PM, gamepro552 said:

So, I'm a truck driver with an expediting company in Dayton, OH. I was getting off the highway headed for a delivery in downtown Dayton and saw a body laying off to the side of the exit ramp, I about had a heart attack, quickly stopped on the side of the ramp and got out. I dialed 911 as I ran up to the body, it was a guy in his mid early 20's face down in the cold snow. There was some blood on the snow above his head, his legs were sorta crossed, and he looked stiff. I thought for sure this dude was dead. 911 answered and asked me if he was breathing, I tried to check for a pulse and didn't feel anything, skin was cold to the touch. Another truck driver in a AAA tow truck pulled off to the side to help me, some drivers just kept going by, not giving a damn. The tow truck driver got out, pretty much blocking the entire exit ramp, not giving a fuck. He looked at the body and asked me if he was dead, I said I didn't know for sure. The 911 dispatcher told me to try and roll over the body, me and the other driver rolled him over, and blood was all over his face, coming from his nose and right eye, it didn't feel like he was breathing and I couldn't detect a pulse, he looked gray as a stone. He suddenly started twitching slightly, making shivering noises. I relayed that information to the 911 dispatcher and they told me to just stay there, emergency vehicles are on the way. The tow truck driver had some blankets that he covered the guy in as we waited...I started to hear sirens, and then an ambulance came from the wrong way side up the exit ramp, pretty much at the same time a Dayton police officer arrived. The medics quickly got to the guy, lifted him up onto a stretcher and went into the back of the ambulance. The cop that showed up got a statement from me and told me that I had to wait because if he was dead/dies, it turns into an investigation.  The police officer told me to wait in my truck until more information is found out. I waited for about 5 mins and I saw the cop get out of the back of the ambulance, he came up to my window and said that the guy was jacked up on heroin and had enough in his system to kill him, but the cold may have saved his life. I waited for a few more minutes and then the ambulance sped away, a police officer then gave me the thumbs up and I was clear to leave. The whole thing took about 25 minutes. 

 

This was a pretty crazy experience, first time I have dialed 911 and I'm 20.  I can't find anything about it on the news, and I have no idea if the guy is alive or not, but I feel good about what I did. I just keep thinking how many people drove by him and didn't stop. The police figured that he was dumped out of a vehicle, left to die on the side of the road, pretty shitty.

 

 

yea outside my house one night last month they pulled a body out of a car and gave her Narcan. That's some crazy stuff dude, thanks for being a good citizen and doing the right thing! It always warms my heart to hear about people helping others and this is a great but sad story.

 

Definitely shouldn't have "potentially saved a life", should be "saved a life". If it wasn't for you, this person would have been dead. It depends how long they were out there since the longer your lifeless (ODed), the less oxygen gets to your brain and can cause permanent brain damage. Sounds like the guy probably survived so if you hadn't stopped, this guy could have sat there dying for who knows how long. Again, thank you so much for stopping. Everyone deserves the chance to live even if they made a bad choice in life. 

Edited January 20, 20179 yr by ThisIsntMyName