As Capt.
Charles Smith and his crew were on their way to a serious crash, a 911
dispatcher told them that people had been ejected from a car. Minutes
later, they learned that one of those people was a baby.
Traffic on
eastbound Interstate 30 in Texarkana was heavy when the fire truck
arrived, so Smith and one other firefighter got out and ran toward the
crash, which happened around 7 p.m. Friday. The driver’s side of a four-door
car, which was clipped by an 18-wheeler as it was changing lanes, was
mangled.
The infant’s
mother was screaming that her baby was missing. Smith and Moore began looking
around the grassy median, sifting through the loose grass that appeared to have
just been cut. Then they heard the sound of a baby. It wasn’t a cry, Smith said,
“just baby noise.”
About 30
feet from the roadway was a storm drain with three-inch steel pipes across
it, Smith said. They looked down and saw the little girl just sitting there, at
least two feet down, calm and looking up at them. The two firefighters and
a bystander worked to pull the girl up, turning her body a certain way to get
her through the bars, they checked her for injuries, but found only a small
scratch on her forehead.
The baby’s
mother, Jakesia Colson, told KSLA News that she believes it was a miracle that
her daughter, 8-month-old Bryce Hale, is alive.
Smith said
the driver of the 18-wheeler was not hurt and was cited for improper and
unsafe lane change. According The Texarkana Police Department, None of the four
other occupants of the car were seriously injured and the baby’s car seat,
which was found outside the vehicle, was not properly installed.
Smith has
been a firefighter for nearly 30 years. He said the incident was unlike
anything he has ever experienced.
This is indeed a miracle!
photo credit: @KSLA NEWS 12
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