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A Canadian paramedic who was called to a serious car accident last week unknowingly treated his daughter. Because 17-year-old Montana was seriously injured, her mother was unrecognizable. The Canadian teenager eventually died in hospital from her injuries.
The fatal accident occurred on a slippery road near the town of Airdrie in the province of Alberta. Ambulance Officer Jayme Erickson and her colleague found two injured passengers in the car, whose co-driver was trapped and seriously injured. The woman took care of the co-pilot, she writes Facebook. Some time later, a trauma helicopter arrived and transported the victim to the hospital.
“My shift was over and I went home,” writes Erickson. A few minutes later, police officers called. “They told me my daughter had been in an accident. The badly injured patient I had just treated was of my own flesh and blood. Hers. Her injuries were so horrific that I didn’t even recognize her.”
Smoothness
According to a friend who supported Erickson at a press conference this week, she nursed her daughter for nearly 20 minutes.
The teen was walking home with a friend after walking a dog in a park, the friend said. Due to the slipperiness, the driver of the car lost control of the steering wheel, after which the vehicle was hit by a truck, reports the Canadian news site CB.C.
According to CBC, an emotional Erickson told the press conference that her daughter Montana was an organ donor. Two of her organs were successfully transplanted, she said. “In the aftermath of this tragedy, she saved other people. We are very proud of her and she will be greatly missed.”
