Sandra Ball is a young actress who’s career was propelled by appearances in two spy thriller movies. As the result of an accident she is injured, trapped, and alone in a wooded area. She is rescued but faces a shattered career and a vastly altered life. Will that life be cut short by men more dangerous than the spies she faced on the screen?
Links to subsequent chapters are at the end of this chapter.
Sandra was driving too fast when it happened. She wasn’t paying attention to driving, she was looking at the scenery. The mule strayed off the narrow road, hit a hole and flipped over, then rolled back on its wheels. When it stopped Sandra was in the driver’s seat, still held securely by the harness. Her first thought was, “wow, what a ride.” Then she became aware of the pain in her legs. She looked down. The steering wheel and column were gone and the dash area was mashed back toward her and down on her knees. Her legs were twisted at odd angles below the dash. They both had a bend between the knees and ankles and another between the hip and knees. It only took a minute for her to realize they both must be broken above and below the knees. The mule’s first flip threw the dash on a large rock. The weight and momentum of the mule broke off the steering wheel and crushed the dash down on Sandra’s legs. Fortunately the impact was on the dash, not her body. The bones in the lower legs fractured by the pressure, the bones of the knees were dislocated and crushed. Both femurs were fractured just above the knee as were bones in her ankles.
She tried to get free from the mule with no success. The engine had stopped on its own. She turned off the ignition. Her dad had told her at the first sign of problems turn off the ignition to prevent fire. If she could not get free, she did not want a fire. She slowly realized she was hurt, trapped and very alone. She started to assess her situation. Her legs were badly injured but there was no blood showing from her pant legs. At least her legs were not bleeding. She remembered the priority on someone injured, airway and bleeding. She tried again to free her legs without any success. The metal of the dash was pushed down on her legs. They were trapped. At first this concerned her then she realized that even if she could get free, with two broken legs, and she was sure they were broken, there was no way she could cover any distance and she was at least three miles from the cabin. She was at least two miles from a road that had any regular traffic. It was probably best to stay with the mule. Thankfully it did not catch fire. She shuddered at that thought and put it out of her mind. Other than turning it off to prevent a fire or doing something that would start a fire, she could do nothing to control that.
She reached down and felt the fire extinguisher under her seat. If something started she might have a chance with it although she knew it didn’t last long and with her trapped legs fighting a fire was going to be very difficult.
Links to chapters.
Sandra Chapter 01: the Accident
Sandra Chapter 02: Survival Tactics
Sandra Chapter 03: Calling for Help
Sandra Chapter 04: Help is Coming
Sandra Chapter 06: the Hospital Begins Her Care
Sandra Chapter 07: Sandra is Taken to Another Hospital
Sandra Chapter 08: Four Months After the Accident
Sandra Chapter 09: the Sutters Come for a Visit
Sandra Chapter 10: Joan is Appalled by Sandra’s Condition
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