"I know I'm going to be sore tomorrow. It could have been worse, much worse."
That's what Montgomery County Firefighter Jamie Drawbaugh had to say a few hours after an incident with a truck near the scene of a previous wreck on Lewisdale Road Monday afternoon.
"I went to the bottom of the hill to stop traffic because the road was blocked," he explained.
While other motorists turned around, the operator of a Ford F-150 tried to drive around him. The man, who was irate, said his in-laws were in the wreck, and he was going to the scene.
"I was leaning at the door talking to him when he mashed down on the accelerator. I tumbled and rolled. I could have been run over..."
Drawbaugh was out of sight of other firefighters. However, they came running when they heard tires spinning and a vehicle accelerate.
"I was assessing my injuries, the bleeding, and getting ready to call it in when I saw them..."
He suffered cuts to his hands and forearm and a knee injury. He was released after treatment at a local hospital.
"I keep thinking how lucky I was..."
Drawbaugh said police officers were talking with the truck driver. But, he doesn't know if he was charged.
Susan Nicol | News Editor
Susan Nicol is the news editor for Firehouse.com. She is a life member and active with the Brunswick Volunteer Ambulance & Rescue Company, Oxford Fire Company and Brunswick Vol. Fire Co. Susie has been an EMT in Maryland since 1976. Susie is vice-president of the Frederick County Fire/Rescue Museum. She is on the executive committee of Frederick County Volunteer Fire and Rescue Association. She also is part of the Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems (MIEMSS) Region II EMS Council. Susie is a board member of the American Trauma Society, Maryland Division. Prior to joining the Firehouse team, she was a staff writer for The Frederick News-Post, covering fire, law enforcement, court and legislative issues.
