Is he dead?
Okay, so the man in the car idling at the stop sign for at least 20 minutes wasn't dead after all.
When Jeff came home from work today he spotted a car sitting at the stop sign at the end of the street, not moving. There was a car waiting behind that drove around this stopped car. Jeff noticed the man was slumped over, not moving. He got out of his truck and knocked on the window, nothing. So, he drove to the house, got me, and we walked back to the scene. We raped rapped on the glass several times, the man, with an unlit cigarette hanging from his lips and a phone in his hand, did not move. I called 911 as we opened the door and tried to rouse the guy. After some checking and prodding, he slowly came around, but completely out of it and mumbling. Being that there is a full set of emergency services about a mile and a half away, the paramedics arrived in about two minutes. The guy, in some sort of haze, then tried to get out of his car, which was still apparently in gear and now heading right into the side of the paramedic vehicle. We got him stopped and told the paras our story then headed home once we knew he was in better hands. I dont know if we saved his life, but with what we thought was a hint of alcohol in the air as we opened up the door at first, we just might have saved someone else's. But how he acted was not a typical drunken stupor.
A cop was dispatched after the paramedics which did not arrive by the time we had left the scene, so we don't know what happened afterward. What we did see a couple times going to the scene were people stopping, looking into the car then driving off. Jeff nor I could not in good conscience drive away from someone in potentially serious condition like that. So we did what any good people would do, which is to try and help. I hope for the best outcome in this, regardless of what the dude's problem was.
When Jeff came home from work today he spotted a car sitting at the stop sign at the end of the street, not moving. There was a car waiting behind that drove around this stopped car. Jeff noticed the man was slumped over, not moving. He got out of his truck and knocked on the window, nothing. So, he drove to the house, got me, and we walked back to the scene. We raped rapped on the glass several times, the man, with an unlit cigarette hanging from his lips and a phone in his hand, did not move. I called 911 as we opened the door and tried to rouse the guy. After some checking and prodding, he slowly came around, but completely out of it and mumbling. Being that there is a full set of emergency services about a mile and a half away, the paramedics arrived in about two minutes. The guy, in some sort of haze, then tried to get out of his car, which was still apparently in gear and now heading right into the side of the paramedic vehicle. We got him stopped and told the paras our story then headed home once we knew he was in better hands. I dont know if we saved his life, but with what we thought was a hint of alcohol in the air as we opened up the door at first, we just might have saved someone else's. But how he acted was not a typical drunken stupor.
A cop was dispatched after the paramedics which did not arrive by the time we had left the scene, so we don't know what happened afterward. What we did see a couple times going to the scene were people stopping, looking into the car then driving off. Jeff nor I could not in good conscience drive away from someone in potentially serious condition like that. So we did what any good people would do, which is to try and help. I hope for the best outcome in this, regardless of what the dude's problem was.