Arcade police chief Randy Williams and motorists who stopped at a wreck Thursday morning in Arcade saved the life of a woman trapped in a burning car.
Lula Little was pulling onto the bypass when her car was struck by a dump truck. The car quickly caught fire and those who stopped only had minutes to get her out.
Williams said that Kevin Bailey of Lula broke one of the front windows out of the car and then the two men pulled the woman out of the window.
“There was so many people who stopped to help,” Williams said. “It was encouraging to see so many good Samaritans. There were so many people who stopped and got out of their cars with fire extinguishers. I think that is what saved her. If they had not, I think it might have been a different story.”
Williams said they had to get her out really fast because the flames were getting bigger.
“You didn’t have time to be scared,” he said. “When I first pulled up and saw the smoke and knew there was an entrapment, I just said, ‘God be with us.’ I just did my job. I give the praise, number one, to God. I believe there were angels in that car.”
Firey wreck Thursday morning in Arcade.
Woman pulled from burning car in Arcade wreck
A nurse was also at the scene and helped with Little after she was removed from the car.
“It’s almost like God put people in certain places,” he said. “There was an emergency room nurse out there. When we got her out of the car, she took care of her.”
Williams visited Mrs. Little Thursday night at an Athens hospital and said she had not suffered life-threatening injuries.
Emergency responders had feared that a baby was also trapped in the car, but that turned out not to be the case. When the possibility of a baby being in the car was first said, Williams said another brave person who stopped rushed to check this out.
“Jan Friel of Athens ran back to the car and dove in the back window,” Williams said. “I grabbed her by the waist. She said the baby seat is empty. Kevin Bailey had busted the back window. I didn’t see a baby. There for a few minutes, when we thought there was a baby, ….oh you don’t know how it felt.”
Williams said he also visited Friel Thursday afternoon at Peace Place, where she works, and told her how brave she had been.
“I told her that I had been in two combat tours in Iraq and I witnessed her do something that was so wonderful,” he said.
“It’s almost like God put people in certain places,” he said. “There was an emergency room nurse out there. When we got her out of the car, she took care of her.”
Williams visited Mrs. Little Thursday night at an Athens hospital and said she had not suffered life-threatening injuries.
Emergency responders had feared that a baby was also trapped in the car, but that turned out not to be the case. When the possibility of a baby being in the car was first said, Williams said another brave person who stopped rushed to check this out.
“Jan Friel of Athens ran back to the car and dove in the back window,” Williams said. “I grabbed her by the waist. She said the baby seat is empty. Kevin Bailey had busted the back window. I didn’t see a baby. There for a few minutes, when we thought there was a baby, ….oh you don’t know how it felt.”
Williams said he also visited Friel Thursday afternoon at Peace Place, where she works, and told her how brave she had been.
“I told her that I had been in two combat tours in Iraq and I witnessed her do something that was so wonderful,” he said.
need to have more morals and give our neighbor a helping hand. Not just here our state or county but North America needs more praying people and less putting others down for what they do or don't do. God was and still is watching all of us. And we need him every day of our life here on earth.I thank him for being there at that accident and for the good people helping out. God knows what to do and he doesn't need to be told but we as humans do
without him where would we be.He guides us with Angels and helps us daily and I thank him today and everyday for the rest of my life without him. What would Ido without him?