Children Injured in Calera Oklahoma Crash
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I know as attorneys I tend to sometimes get numb to different accidents and the horrific injuries and sometimes death I see. That said, I am always a father, husband and family man first and attorney second. I don't know how a person could survive any other way.
Considering the above, I hate to report that two children were hurt in car wreck in Durant Oklahoma. The car accident involved injuries to a seven year old and an infant. I will post the story below, but felt that I should write that these are the most difficult yet most rewarding types of cases you can work on. Car accidents involving children hurt me to the deepest depths but when a claim is resolved with the insurance company or through litigation, an overwhelming sense of having done what I do is incredible. Its truly a high to see your works come to fruition for the benefit of a child.
So on this Easter as we attend Church tomorrow, say a prayer for these children and all involved in the car wreck being reported by the Durant Daily Democrat. On a side note, I grew up in this area and attended undergraduate school in Durant, so this story hits home a little closer.
The following is the story as reported by the Durant Daily Democrat.
CALERA -- Two children were among five people injured in an automobile wreck early Friday afternoon.
Three people, including a 7-year-old boy, were flown from the scene by medical helicopters, according to Calera Police Chief Don Hyde. The wreck happened at 12:22 p.m. on Highway 69/75 at Platter Road. Three helicopters responded to the crash.
According to Hyde, Maudine Clelland, 84, Durant was traveling east on Platter Road and attempting to cross the highway and go north when she drove her Chrysler into the path of a Pontiac driven by Chastity Birt, 26, Arlington, Texas.
Birt's car then struck Clelland's. Hyde said Birt's two children, a 7-year-old boy, and an 8-month-old girl were passengers. The boy was flown by LifeStar helicopter to Dallas, Texas, to be treated for multiple, serious injuries. His exact condition was not known at press time.
The infant and her mother were both taken by Colbert EMS to Texoma Medical Center in Denison, Texas. The infant did not have serious injuries and the mother was in stable condition, Hyde said.
Mrs. Clelland was flown by EagleMed helicopter to a Dallas hospital and is being treated for head, trunk and neck injuries. Her husband, C.E. Clelland, 91, who was a passenger, was flown by LifeStar to Dallas, and he sustained head, leg and arm injuries.
Both are in stable condition, in the intensive care unit, according to police.
Hyde credited the assistance of Bryan County EMS, Calera Fire & Rescue, Oklahoma Highway Patrol, Colbert EMS and the Bryan County Sheriff's Office. In addition to the accident, traffic has been slowed in the area due to road construction.
"There was absolutely no way we could have gotten through this, with the construction and all, without their help," Hyde said.
Also Friday, authorities responded to a two-vehicle crash at 4:48 p.m. on East Highway 70 at J.C. Potter Sausage, and in the evening, a four-wheeler accident in the 5500 block of Shady Grove Road south of Bennington.
According to a dispatch log, two people were injured after flipping an all-terrain vehicle at 6:42 p.m. A medical helicopter was dispatched to this accident.