Omaha man recalls ‘trying to dodge’ cars in I-80 pileup
By Aaron Hegarty
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CASS COUNTY, Nebraska (KETV) — Jared Dressman was returning from an EMS conference in Kearney when he saw two cars involved in a crash amid the winter weather.
“There were no first responders on scene yet,” he told KETV. “So, like any first responder, I stopped to check for injuries.”
He said Greenwood Fire and Rescue pulled up behind him, and they checked if there were any injuries.
“I was just about to get ready to leave when there was a secondary collision,” he said. “Then we were approaching the vehicles, and then more vehicles started sliding and hitting. At that point, vehicles were coming at us pretty fast.
Dressman said he and Greenwood first responders found themselves “running through the median, just trying to dodge vehicles on both sides.”
He then waited the incident out from the safety of a Greenwood ambulance.
“I can’t give enough kudos to Greenwood Fire and Rescue and all of the mutual aid partners that responded. All of the deputies, state patrol. Once the interstate got shut down and it was safe to start assessing the situation, everyone worked together, and it was just amazing to see,” Dressman said.
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