Speeding driver was taking injured co-worker to hospital

Created: December 2, 2008 11:47 AM Modified: December 2, 2008 01:27 PM

A Caddo Parish sheriff's deputy pulled a speeding truck over this morning, asked the driver what the hurry was and saw the reason: The passenger had lost part of his foot in a drilling accident.

Deputies got an ambulance to the scene and took the man to the hospital.

The victim was being driven from a drilling location in Red River Parish to a Shreveport hospital about 8 a.m. when a deputy stopped them at Louisiana 1 and Leonard Road. The driver was going about 100 mph, deputies said.

"She asked what the hurry was and (the driver) said the man had cut his foot off," said sheriff's Cpl. Kenny Hester, the second deputy on the scene. "She looked over and it was a bloody pulp. She said, 'We'll get the fire district right over here.'"

Hester said the 38-year-old victim, who is from Jena, had crushed his left foot. His big toe had been cut off and the other toes were injured. His supervisor was taking him to the hospital.

"He was very coherent; he was very calm," Hester said of the injured man. "He said it was part of the job of being on the oil rig: Injuries happen and you work through it. He was looking forward to going back to work."

An EMS crew from the nearby fire district treated the injured worker on the side of the road and an ambulance crew took him to LSU Hospital.

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