A night out playing darts turned into a scene from a movie for four Sudburians who witnessed a pedestrian get hit by a vehicle March 11.
Josee Boudreau said she and three other people were driving home from Onaping just before 11 p.m, where they had been playing darts. They were at the intersection of Notre Dame Street and King Street when Boudreau said a two women attempted to cross the street against a red light. One of the women was hit by a vehicle that had the right of way as it crossed the intersection.
Greater Sudbury Police said a 36-year-old woman suffered serious but non-life-threatening injuries in the collision.
Boudreau said she didn't see the woman get hit, but she heard it. The other occupants of the vehicle she was in did witness the collision, though.
“The boys in the car said she went flying,” Boudreau told Sudbury.com. “I didn't' even look. I ran out of the car to see a girl laying in the middle of the street. Her friend was shaking her immensely.”
Boudreau is a personal support worker with the Victorian Order of Nurses. She told the woman's friend to stop shaking her. She said the woman was breathing rapidly and her eyes were unfocused.
“I talked to her as if she was hearing me, and I told her help was coming and to keep breathing,” Boudreau said. “I told her everything was going to be OK and to focus on my voice."
She said the woman had a gash on her head, but it wasn't bleeding very much.
“Her legs were contorted, and it looked like she broke a hip,” Boudreau said.
Then the woman stopped breathing.
She said another woman who had just finished her shift as a nurse at Health Sciences North stopped to help as well. Boudreau started CPR, and did three rounds before the woman took a breath.
“She started breathing for a few seconds, but stopped again, and we had to start CPR again,” Boudreau said. “I was yelling my counts in panic. Then the nurse took over CPR for another two rounds.”
The woman started breathing again, and wanted to get up, Boudreau said.
“We told her she was hit by a car and told her not to get up. The nurse stayed ready to perform CPR again, but we heard sirens coming.”
Paramedics took over once they arrived and took the woman to Health Sciences North.
Boudreau said the driver of the vehicle involved in the collision was nearby and didn't leave the scene, but was clearly upset by what had happened. Boudreau said from what she saw, he wasn't at fault.
“He had the right of way, and didn't see her,” Boudreau said. “I felt so bad for him.”
Greater Sudbury Police said they are investigating the collision and seeking help from the public. Anyone with information regarding the crash is asked to call police at 705-675-9171
