I had been fishing and was headed home. I drove up on a double fatality, one in the ditch and one underneath the overturned crossover type vehicle. Thank God, the LE and Medics were arriving about the time I saw it. I wouldve stopped if they hadnt been arriving but 3 THP, 2 Deputies, 2 med units and the rescue truck with the jaws on it were on scene, the pond I had been fishing is owned by the fella what was driving the jaws rescue unit. He text and asked if that was me that slowed down so he could pull in. I told him yes just tell me how many souls departed. 2 so far.

About a year ago I watched a truck cross the grass media of the 4 lane hwy 62 and smash into a car front quarter panel blowing it off the road into the ditch. it was an old man and his wife. His wife was geting out I helped her and my wife stayed with her than I got to work with pry bars working on the driver's door . Once I got it open and his seat belt cut off I waited for ems . The man was out cold. I Had to get very loud with a few people that stoped and keep trying to get the old man out of the car. They thought the steam from radiator and dust from air back ment the car was on fire. I told them all its not leave him in place so tell ems can get a c collar on his neck and hopefully keep from further injuries. The old man didn't make it i found out later unfortunately.

Its always shocking and stays with me when I come up on bad wrecks Seems to be one about every 2 or 3 years. Makes me wonder how the burn out is for all our first responders that deal with this on a routine base.

I've gone out to fatals as a member of my FD.
Not fun stepping over puddles of human blood on the road surface. I can remember each location and whenever I pass by that spot , I still remember what exactly happened there.



This picture was taken at 2:45am. Our firetruck does a good job lighting a scene.
There was (2) 20ish year olds in the car. One didn't make it.
Fleeing from the police for graffiti. What a waste of a young life , for something so minor.

we have 4 intersections in a few miles that have a growing collection of crosses at them.

2 are slated for round abouts in the next few years

thing about roundies is that while they cause a lot of accidents they tent to be all non injury minor vehicle damage

they just finished up a roundy at the intersection of 92 and 14 east of Brooklyn WI that was one that had a loss of life about every to every other year. it really does make the traffic flow a lot better there especially if you are coming from 92 , its a 20-30 second slow down for the 14 traffic but we hope to see no more loss of life there.

every suicide,(4) I have witnessed and every homicide scene, every MVA fatality, every child death, every auto-ped and any other homicide, or suicide I can still remember. The Season, the sounds, smells, tastes, hearing and all. I can remember each and every one.

I can remember every fatal scene I have been on in the last 32 years as State Trooper, but I don't dwell on them. I retire this Friday and hope I never have to deal with another Fatal crash, suicide or murder scene again.

Not sure if any were fatal but I saw 2 accidents and there was a third about 4 miles from my house if the people survived that one I’ll be surprised as one vehicle was a fireball.

Dang. Both out of the vehicle like that means both were almost certainly not buckled.

I have always told my family to NOT put crosses/memorials at wreck scenes...they are nothing but a distraction for drivers, and a pita for road crews.

I left work, got on the highway, traffic was stopping and some kid was naked sticking out out from under that back of a camry.
His friends were crying Nate Nate and the traffic stopping was the nurses driving on the highway at shift change from the hospital.
I went by and pulled over and as traffic backed up behind us the nurses came running up between the cars.
I had to pause and talk to myself for a minute like you don't want to see this but he might need your help so off I went.
I asked the nurses what they needed and they said a blanket and saw an RV in traffic and demanded they give me a blanket.
I gave it to them and they were rescuing him and I was just standing there so I left.
They mentioned it on the news. I don't know if he made it or not.

Nate bought a new used Honda CRV the car not the suv and was driving home, hydroplaned, parked where I did, got out and walked around his new car to make sure it was alright, and an asian guy with is little girl in the front seat also hydroplaned and ran him over.

When that happens a high percentage of the time your clothes and shoes come off I guess.

I checked on them and they were in shock, ghost white, and couldn't talk... the people in the car I mean.

Hope you made it Nate, if not - RIP.

I say that b/c i preach and preach to my family about pulling over and getting behind a bridge pillar or something... so its what gets hit, not you or your car.

Be safe out there.

Weve had to cut a few folks out. We dont have the freeways as many accidents but they do happen here. ITs important that your department talk it over with your crew after the scene is cleared and your putting gear away. If it still bothers you your local Behavioral Health should be offering some type of help.

I'm sure you've seen way more than your fair share of bad things and people at the worst moments of their lives. I hope you enjoy your retirement; after 32 years, you've certainly earned it. I wish you well.

RHuff happy retirement and you earned it!!! thanks for serving......jk

I appreciate it guys.

In the late 80s, an elderly couple hit a deer on a rainy night. They were in a VW Beatle. The buck came through the windshield and ended up in the back seat. The husband was killed. Wife was confused but OK. Blood everywhere from the deer. Rescue people confused at first. Wife had no knowledge of the deer in their backseat.

Happened near Eden, NC.

Just found out today that one was killed that I saw yesterday, she drove into the back end of a semi parked on the shoulder of the interstate they’re still investigating it.

Rhuff
Congratulations on retirement enjoy it's different after that many years.
I retired after 33 years in law enforcement miss the guys I worked with not the drama of the public.
Enjoy my friend

A few years ago I was stopped at a bus stop waiting for some kids to cross when some impatient driver went out around the bus and its flashing lights and struck three kids, one died on the spot and one at the hospital the other one recovered, not a pretty thing to see

Fisrst day of silage harvest here a silage truck hit 3 kids in a pickup. One was lost but the other two made it. Absolutely devastated

Myself and 2 other game wardens were first on scene at a rollover one night. Both men were ejected and crunched as the truck rolled over them. One was an an obvious fatality. The other was unconscious with very ragged breathing. As we carefully checked for bleeding we could see his skull was the wrong shape. He was still breathing when the ambulance took him away but he died on the way to the hospital.

Another time, a neighboring game warden was passed by a semi going too fast down a steep grade with switchbacks. The truck was just going too fast to make a turn. The driver laid the truck on it's side for about a hundred yards before it went sailing over some junipers as it left the road on the bend. It rolled when it landed. Terry was there within 30 seconds. He found the driver still buckled in and injured but conscious. He told Terry his passenger had panicked and jumped from the truck. I responded within about 15 minutes and there was already a highway patrol and deputy sheriff there searching with flashlights for the passenger. We found several hundred dollar bills, then his wallet. Then the trooper found a bloody smear on the road where the truck was skidding on its side. We then found some tissue with what looked like maybe teeth in some grass where the truck left the road. It was actually bones from his fingers.The deputy finally found his body in the top of one of the junipers. It was not a pretty sight.

I believe those three men would likely have survived had they been buckled in at the time of the crashes.