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Vehicle jack mishaps severely injure man, 10-year-old boy

The Associated Press | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 10 years, 9 months AGO
by The Associated Press
| September 16, 2014 8:49 PM

 GREAT FALLS (AP) — A man was injured after a minivan fell off a jack during a roadside tire change on Interstate 15 northwest of Great Falls.

Vaughn Fire Chief Jason McAllister says a woman with the man flagged down a passing motorist at about 8:30 p.m. The motorist used a jack from his vehicle to lift the minivan and then dragged the man out from under the vehicle.

McAllister says emergency responders performed CPR and the man was talking to rescuers prior to being taken to Benefis Health System in Great Falls. 

Meanwhile, a 10-year-old Helena boy who was injured when a sport utility vehicle slipped off a jack and landed on his head and chest on Saturday was hospitalized in serious but stable condition in Seattle. 

A family Facebook page included a post from his father saying the boy’s breathing tube was removed on Monday.

 

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