Should We Be Shaming the Woman Who Saw a Fatal Car Crash and Walked Away Eating Pizza?

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23. I'm a Vol FireFighter and it is not easy to see something

and still act.

I was driving home from my actual job one day. I was the first car at a stopped light. I saw a women enter the crosswalk and vaguely made note of her. I saw she was checking her phone while crossing and that was about it.

As she passed the mid-point a car turned left and hit her. She flew through the air. I deal with car accidents on a regular basis but don't see them happening. It took me a good 5 seconds (at least in my head it might have only been a second or two) before I put my truck in park and got out to take control over the scene and start administering first aid.

Someone who has no experience with these types of things... I can see them leaving... it seems to big to them and they feel helpless... they do not want to make things worse... neither do I but feel compelled to help...

in the end the women, who was out cold when I got to her. Got up once she was alert (about a minute or so I was checking for a pulse when she started to come to) and said she fell and to leave her alone. Police arrived and she told them she fell and got on a bus and left. It was outside my district so once the police arrived and she would not allow me to render aid there was nothing more for me to do other then give the police my contact info...

So my public service announcement is to not look at your phone while crossing the street. Keep you head up and keep an eye on traffic. The accident was not her fault but being alert can keep you alive...