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A good Samaritan stepped in and made a brave rescue -- by immediately jumping over the guardrail ...
A good Samaritan stepped in and made a brave rescue — by "immediately" jumping over the guardrail and into the bay, saving the infant.
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A good Samaritan jumped into bay, saved infant who fell from vehicle hanging off Maryland bridge
By Anna Sturla, CNN 2 hrs ago
At least eight people were taken to hospitals May 2 after a crash that left a car dangling off the guardrail of a bridge in Ocean City, Maryland, authorities say. Authorities say a good Samaritan jumped into the water and rescued an infant.
Rob Korb
At least eight people were taken to hospitals Sunday after a crash that left a car dangling off the guardrail of a bridge in Ocean City, Maryland, authorities say. ... Fire and police units were dispatched to the bridge a little after 2:45 p.m., the Ocean City Fire Department said in a news release. ... Arriving authorities found one vehicle half over the guardrail and multiple people injured, the department said.
"During the collision, one pediatric patient was ejected from the car teetering over the guardrail and landed into the Assawoman Bay," it added. ... That's when a good Samaritan stepped in and made a brave rescue -- by "immediately" jumping over the guardrail and into the bay, saving the infant.
Rob Korb, a life member of the Ocean City Fire Department and a Senior Deputy Fire Marshal in Worcester County told CNN he "stumbled" on the incident while he was out and running errands. ... "The real hero in this situation is the Good Samaritan that jumped in to provide life saving measures for the infant. I'd like to shake his hand or buy him a beer or both someday," Korb said.
Firefighters were able to secure the vehicle with rescue tools and paramedics treated several patients, the fire department said in the release. ... Seven people were transported by ground to local hospitals while the infant was flown to Johns Hopkins Children's Hospital, the department said. CNN reached out to the hospital but was unable to determine the condition of the infant. ... Authorities are now investigating the cause of the accident, the fire department said.
By Anna Sturla, CNN 2 hrs ago
At least eight people were taken to hospitals May 2 after a crash that left a car dangling off the guardrail of a bridge in Ocean City, Maryland, authorities say. Authorities say a good Samaritan jumped into the water and rescued an infant.
Rob Korb
At least eight people were taken to hospitals Sunday after a crash that left a car dangling off the guardrail of a bridge in Ocean City, Maryland, authorities say. ... Fire and police units were dispatched to the bridge a little after 2:45 p.m., the Ocean City Fire Department said in a news release. ... Arriving authorities found one vehicle half over the guardrail and multiple people injured, the department said.
"During the collision, one pediatric patient was ejected from the car teetering over the guardrail and landed into the Assawoman Bay," it added. ... That's when a good Samaritan stepped in and made a brave rescue -- by "immediately" jumping over the guardrail and into the bay, saving the infant.
Rob Korb, a life member of the Ocean City Fire Department and a Senior Deputy Fire Marshal in Worcester County told CNN he "stumbled" on the incident while he was out and running errands. ... "The real hero in this situation is the Good Samaritan that jumped in to provide life saving measures for the infant. I'd like to shake his hand or buy him a beer or both someday," Korb said.
Firefighters were able to secure the vehicle with rescue tools and paramedics treated several patients, the fire department said in the release. ... Seven people were transported by ground to local hospitals while the infant was flown to Johns Hopkins Children's Hospital, the department said. CNN reached out to the hospital but was unable to determine the condition of the infant. ... Authorities are now investigating the cause of the accident, the fire department said.
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Boaters rescue man who jumped into bay to save child after crash on a Maryland bridge
This photo provided by the Ocean City Fire Department shows the wreckage from a car accident on the Maryland Route 90 bridge in Ocean City. (AP)
By Dana Hedgpeth
May 5, 2021 at 9:39 a.m. EDT
Joe Oertel, 51, was on a pontoon boat with his family on Sunday in the Assawoman Bay near Ocean City when his daughter called out to him. ... “There’s something in the water over there,’” he recalled Alayna, 14, saying as they edged closer.
They came upon a man in the water holding a 2-year-old girl in his arms. He had jumped at least 25 feet from a Maryland Route 90 highway bridge to save the girl after she had been ejected from a pickup truck while in her car seat, landing in the water.
The man had been a couple of vehicles back, saw what happened and jumped into the bay to rescue the child, fire department officials said.
[Rescuer jumps into water to save child after crashes, Ocean City fire official says]
Oertel said Tuesday that at the time, he and his family didn’t know what had happened on the bridge — not realizing that moments earlier, the child had been in a truck on the highway above and was now being rescued. The Oertels had been in their boat on the south side of the bridge and the crash had happened on the north side.
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Dana Hedgpeth Follow https://twitter.com/postmetrogirl
Dana Hedgpeth is a Washington Post reporter, working in the early morning to report on traffic, crime and other local issues. She joined The Post in 1999.
Boaters rescue man who jumped into bay to save child after crash on a Maryland bridge
This photo provided by the Ocean City Fire Department shows the wreckage from a car accident on the Maryland Route 90 bridge in Ocean City. (AP)
By Dana Hedgpeth
May 5, 2021 at 9:39 a.m. EDT
Joe Oertel, 51, was on a pontoon boat with his family on Sunday in the Assawoman Bay near Ocean City when his daughter called out to him. ... “There’s something in the water over there,’” he recalled Alayna, 14, saying as they edged closer.
They came upon a man in the water holding a 2-year-old girl in his arms. He had jumped at least 25 feet from a Maryland Route 90 highway bridge to save the girl after she had been ejected from a pickup truck while in her car seat, landing in the water.
The man had been a couple of vehicles back, saw what happened and jumped into the bay to rescue the child, fire department officials said.
[Rescuer jumps into water to save child after crashes, Ocean City fire official says]
Oertel said Tuesday that at the time, he and his family didn’t know what had happened on the bridge — not realizing that moments earlier, the child had been in a truck on the highway above and was now being rescued. The Oertels had been in their boat on the south side of the bridge and the crash had happened on the north side.
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Dana Hedgpeth Follow https://twitter.com/postmetrogirl
Dana Hedgpeth is a Washington Post reporter, working in the early morning to report on traffic, crime and other local issues. She joined The Post in 1999.