Fast reactions by a group of Marines in Washington, D.C., helped save a woman who was pinned beneath a car earlier this month.
The accident happened Nov. 7, about a block away from the Marine barracks near the Navy Yard, Fox News reports. A woman had been riding her scooter when she was struck by a car and trapped under the vehicle.
"I was just going to the chow hall to get some breakfast, and we hear a Marine call out, 'A woman was just run over by a car,'" Cpl. Denny Bohne of Guard Company, Marine Barracks Washington, told Fox News.
When Bohne and the other Marines reached the car, they pulled out a jack from the trunk to lift the vehicle off the woman. A second jack from a nearby vehicle was given to Staff Sgt. Jeffrey Belko to be used on the car, and D.C. Fire and EMS firefighters can be seen reaching the scene to pull out the woman.
The injuries suffered by the woman weren't known, but D.C. Fire and EMS Lt. Leo Ruiz said she is expected to recover. He added that the Marines' response was
"Honestly, if they hadn't done what they had done, it could have delayed care for that victim," Ruiz told Fox News. "We're always taught in the fire service when you talk about EMS and trauma care, that (it's imperative) getting those victims ... to the right place quickly, and they absolutely helped us to do that."
Bohne said the Marines were relieved that the woman was going to recover. But the Marines are modest about their actions, calling the rescue a team effort between D.C. firefighters and passersby.
"Marines run to the sound of the gun, so it didn't surprise me at all the Marines were there," Belko told Fox News.
