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Not a tremendously interesting story, but it does contain mention of a knife in a positive light - always welcome in this day and age, eh? The story is <a href="http://www.tcpalm.com/tcp/jc_local_news/article/0,1651,TCP_1114_1252380,00.html">here</a>.
<b>Couple still in hospital after car rolled into canal
By Maggie Large, Staff Writer
July 7, 2002</b>
Jupiter, Fla. residents Thaddeus and Barbara Maliszewski remained in intensive care in St. Mary's Medical Center West Palm Beach on Friday, after a rollover crash Wednesday on Interstate 95 in St. Lucie County.
Florida Highway Patrol Trooper Ron Roberts waded through a canal's chest-high water, breaking into the Maliszewskis' Honda Civic to free the passengers trapped inside.
At least a dozen rescue workers, along with St. Lucie County sheriff's deputies, responded to the 11:22 a.m. accident that trapped Barbara, 72, and her husband, Thaddeus, 80.
After rescuers removed the couple, LifeStar, Martin County's rescue helicopter, took them to St. Mary's.
According to St. Mary's Medical staff, Barbara Maliszewski was listed in "step down intensive care," and Thaddeus Maliszewski remained in the intensive care unit late Friday.
"Roberts undid her seat belt and held her head up from the water so she could breathe," St. Lucie County Fire District spokesman Capt. Tom Whitley said.
Roberts used a pocketknife to cut the seat belts away, according to a news release.
FHP troopers and fire rescue workers pulled the seriously injured couple from the car, which had run off I-95 just south of Midway Road, flipping upside down into a canal.
Reports indicate an unknown vehicle swerved in front of the Civic, causing driver Thaddeus Maliszewski to lose control of the car, which skidded off the highway and glanced off a light pole, crashing through a fence and into dense brush. It then flipped end over end into the canal, reports state.
FHP public information officer Lt. Pembrook Burrows Friday said there were no new leads on the vehicle that caused the crash.
"This was a heck of a call," Whitley said.
With underbrush making it difficult for rescue personnel to reach the couple, officials used chain saws to hack through to the canal, Whitley said.
Rescuers waded through the water and used the Jaws of Life to cut open the car and free the couple. The procedure took almost an hour.
"This is what our people do every day. Some accidents are just more involved than others," Whitley said.
Anyone with information about the vehicle that swerved in front of the Honda is asked to call the FHP station in Fort Pierce at 468-3967.
<b>Couple still in hospital after car rolled into canal
By Maggie Large, Staff Writer
July 7, 2002</b>
Jupiter, Fla. residents Thaddeus and Barbara Maliszewski remained in intensive care in St. Mary's Medical Center West Palm Beach on Friday, after a rollover crash Wednesday on Interstate 95 in St. Lucie County.
Florida Highway Patrol Trooper Ron Roberts waded through a canal's chest-high water, breaking into the Maliszewskis' Honda Civic to free the passengers trapped inside.
At least a dozen rescue workers, along with St. Lucie County sheriff's deputies, responded to the 11:22 a.m. accident that trapped Barbara, 72, and her husband, Thaddeus, 80.
After rescuers removed the couple, LifeStar, Martin County's rescue helicopter, took them to St. Mary's.
According to St. Mary's Medical staff, Barbara Maliszewski was listed in "step down intensive care," and Thaddeus Maliszewski remained in the intensive care unit late Friday.
"Roberts undid her seat belt and held her head up from the water so she could breathe," St. Lucie County Fire District spokesman Capt. Tom Whitley said.
Roberts used a pocketknife to cut the seat belts away, according to a news release.
FHP troopers and fire rescue workers pulled the seriously injured couple from the car, which had run off I-95 just south of Midway Road, flipping upside down into a canal.
Reports indicate an unknown vehicle swerved in front of the Civic, causing driver Thaddeus Maliszewski to lose control of the car, which skidded off the highway and glanced off a light pole, crashing through a fence and into dense brush. It then flipped end over end into the canal, reports state.
FHP public information officer Lt. Pembrook Burrows Friday said there were no new leads on the vehicle that caused the crash.
"This was a heck of a call," Whitley said.
With underbrush making it difficult for rescue personnel to reach the couple, officials used chain saws to hack through to the canal, Whitley said.
Rescuers waded through the water and used the Jaws of Life to cut open the car and free the couple. The procedure took almost an hour.
"This is what our people do every day. Some accidents are just more involved than others," Whitley said.
Anyone with information about the vehicle that swerved in front of the Honda is asked to call the FHP station in Fort Pierce at 468-3967.
