Woman crushes hands changing tire, calls 911 with toes
Walterboro, South Carolina — A woman whose hands were crushed while she was changing a tire on the side of an interstate in South Carolina managed to call for help using her toes.
The unnamed woman, 54, got a flat tire while driving on a rural stretch of I-95 Sunday evening, Colleton County Fire-Rescue said. She's a Charlotte resident, reports the CBS affiliate there, WCSC-TV.
A jack holding up the car slipped while she was putting on the spare tire, causing her hands to get stuck between the tire and the fender, fire-rescue officials said.
"She was trapped alone on the side of the dark interstate, experiencing excruciating pain," CCFR officials told WCSC.
Over the next 45 minutes, they said, she managed to slide off her shoe, manipulate her cell phone and call 911. Fire-rescue crews were nearby clearing the scene of another incident and arrived in less than 10 minutes, officials said.
She suffered severe injuries to both hands and all her fingers, fire-rescue crews said. She was treated for her injuries and given pain medication before being transported to a hospital. Her current condition wasn't known.
