Rep. Derrick Van Orden is seen visiting an 11-year-old boy who he helped save following a highway crash in Iowa. (Courtesy: Rep. Derrick Van Orden)
"I ran to the passenger side, where all the damage was, and there was this 11-year-old kid, and I looked at him, and his calf, which is about as big as my thigh, was completely ripped apart, so I could see his tibia and his fibula, just a big chunk of him bleeding. And he had an arterial bleed in his right wrist," Van Orden said.
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"By then, probably 10 people had also pulled over to help, I’m like, ‘does somebody have a knife?’ And they’re like, ‘yep.’ So I cut the seat belts off and then made tourniquets," he added.
Rep. Derrick Van Orden, R-Wis., talks with reporters after a meeting of the House Republican Conference in the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2024. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)
A crash report from the Iowa State Patrol stated that the Saturday crash occurred when the minivan struck a semi-truck that was trying to merge onto the freeway from the shoulder.
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There were no fatalities reported in the crash, but both the boy and the van's driver were airlifted to a nearby hospital.
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