The Yellow Line

She saw the bright light being waved back and forth in front of her eyes. The young man said, "Hello, can you hear me?" She replied, "Yes, I hear you."

Jerry, the paramedic, looked over at his partner, Tanya, and said, "See if you can locate her ID. Calling her by name might help."

"Found her purse, here it is, her name is Carrie, Carrie White."

Jerry looked down and said, "Carrie, Carrie, do you hear me?"

Carrie did not understand why they couldn't hear her. She responded louder, "Yes, I can hear you, why are you asking?"

Tanya, holding Carrie's hand, said, "Squeeze my hand if you can hear us, Carrie."

Carrie squeezed as hard as she could and heard Tanya say to Jerry, "No response."

It was then that Carrie realized something was wrong, terribly wrong. She heard another car engine pulling up. No, it was much louder than a car. Jerry got up and Carrie noticed him talking to three others. Jerry brought the team up to speed: the victim appears to be alert, without physical or verbal response. Her respiration is fine; but she is pinned between the seat and the dashboard. . .

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