Spokane dentist uses Boy Scout skills to save motorcyclist whose leg was severed in hit
When local dentist James Shelby turned the corner onto Southeast Boulevard near 11th Avenue on Sunday evening, he stumbled onto a scene of alarm and confusion: Daniel “Dutch” Inwood bleeding out on the side of the road, his motorcycle lying several yards away in the middle of the street.
Inwood was in shock. Hysterical. Blood was pouring out of a large hole beneath his knee cap, and the rest of his leg was hanging on by a cheap jordan sneakers skinny thread of flesh.
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On cheap jordans china Sunday, however, there was no time to reflect. Acting quickly, the dentist grabbed his belt and tied it tightly around the wound, using it as a tourniquet to stop the bleeding. He grabbed another bystander’s belt and used that too.
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Police are still looking for the driver.
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Four days after the accident, cheap jordans in china Inwood was awaiting surgery at Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center to remove gravel and impurities from his wound. Provided the procedure is successful, the wound will be sewn into a stump.
Surrounded by his girlfriend, Latisha Carper, and best friend Jodi “Squeaky” Pennington, Inwood described what happened that night, while sitting upright on his hospital bed with a view of Spokane out the window.
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“I tried to roll out of the street,” he said. “But I noticed I was dragging my leg behind me.”
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He said he’s “not an angel” and his life hasn’t been perfect. But he’s glad to be alive, cheap yeezys and he praises Shelby for allowing that to happen.
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Shelby, meanwhile, said he doesn’t fancy himself a hero instead, he says what he did is what “any Boy Scout would do.”
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“You want body shops and people to know this guy is driving with a taillight out,” he said.
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Taylor was able to determine with some certainty the make of the vehicle by having a local body shop take a look at the section of taillight that popped off. He said it probably came from an early 2000s GM or Chevrolet SUV, likely a Yukon, Tahoe or Suburban.
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“It was a substantial impact,” he said. “Vehicles, especially when they’re dirty, they leave a dust imprint. And it left a dust imprint.”.