The Accident Scene
The Car
No one knows exactly what happened that night. We only know that Ewa's car apparently slipped on the (very deep) shoulder of the road and she lost control of her car. She skidded across the road and was hit immediately by an oncoming pickup truck. She was trapped inside and had to be cut out by the Jaws of Life. A helicopter was dispatched from Savannah Memorial Hospital - which has a major trauma unit - and they arrived on the scene a half-hour after the accident. Ewa was lying the side of the road at this point, but she was still conscious. She was talking but no one could understand what she was trying to say - perhaps it was in Polish. She lost consciousness on the way to the Hospital.
I arrived at the hospital at about 2AM, and they were just putting her into the ICU. She was so badly swollen that I could not recognize any facial features. She had suffered severe head injuries, all but one rib was fractured, she had a broken left arm, a fractured pelvic area, and significant internal injuries and internal bleeding along with a plethora of minor cuts and bruises. Her neck was also injured and they feared the possibility of spinal damage.
It seems incredible that she survived that night and made, initially, a miraculous recovery.
Ewa driving her car
Ewa with her niece Viki the day before the accident
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