Hearse dangling from cliff saved by the deceased organ donor it carried

When one indicators as much as be an organ donor, it is anticipated that lives will probably be saved after the organic components are eliminated. Nonetheless, on a snowy mountain move in Colorado, one such donor saved a life earlier than even arriving on the surgical desk, possible saving the lifetime of the hearse driver who was transporting the physique.

In a Jan. 29 crash solely now coming to gentle through CBS Information, a hearse operated by Hubbard and Son mortuary of Grand Junction, Colo. was carrying the physique of an unidentified organ donor eastbound alongside Interstate 70. The incident occurred on round 3 a.m. within the midst of a snowstorm. The hearse driver informed Colorado state troopers that as he was making the steep climb close to the Eisenhower Tunnel, which crosses the Continental Divide on the highest level within the U.S. Interstate system, a crimson Dodge Durango driving erratically compelled him to change lanes.

That is when the hearse driver misplaced management of his automobile, sending it towards the sting of a pointy drop-off. The hearse got here to relaxation with the entrance half dangling over the precipice. The motive force says the automobile was teetering, however he was in a position to get out of the automobile and onto the roadside. He credit the load of the physique within the cargo space with stopping the hearse from nosediving over the cliff, “Harold and Maude”-style. 

“That is a fortunate mother—-er proper there,” one of many officers responding to the incident might be heard saying on video. That is not one thing you sometimes hear somebody say as they stroll towards a hearse until stated hearse is precariously balanced on an overhang simply in need of tumbling into the abyss prefer it’s reenacting the tip of “The Italian Job.” The bodycam footage was obtained by CBS Information through a public data request with the Colorado State Police.

One organ donor can save as much as eight lives, CBS says. This specific particular person can take credit score for yet another.