A North Carolina woman's innovative thinking saved her life when her hands became trapped while she was changing a tire on the side of the highway on Sunday night. The 54-year-old woman, whom officials haven't named, was traveling on Interstate 95 in South Carolina when her car got a flat tire, according to Colleton County Fire-Rescue. The woman, who came from Charlotte, North Carolina, pulled over in the breakdown lane along the highway.
"She removed the flat tire and was replacing it with the tools that she took in her car, when the jack slipped causing the car to fall, trapping both of her hands between the tire and the fender," the fire department said in a statement.
She was trapped alone along the side of the highway in terrible pain without anyone that she could turn to, the department said. Over the next 35 minutes she was able to slip off her shoe and, after many attempts, dial 911 with her toes.
Emergency crews that were in the area clearing up from another accident arrived to get her free but after that they had another problem. "They used a pry bar without success and then deflated the tire to remove the air, however, the car just dropped as the tire deflated," reads the statement. "Using the pry bar, they were able to free one hand." Another fire engine arrived and successfully freed the woman's other hand by using a hydraulic spreader.
The woman suffered severe damage to both hands and all her fingers, the fire department said. She was transferred to a local hospital for treatment. The doctor said that she had to stay in hospital for at least one month to get further treatment. But she didn’t face the danger of losing her life.
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