Man dies after being crushed by car

Here is something from the Ark City Police

 

On 11-06-2010 around 3PM, officers were dispatched to a report of a car that had fallen on a person on north 4th street in Arkansas City.  Upon arrival, officers saw a man's legs coming from under a car.  Te front wheels had apparently been removed to work on the car.  Officers learned the identity of the man by speaking with a neighbor.  Officers tried to speak to the man but received no response.  Officers assisted a neighbor in lifiting the car off of the mane with a scissor jack provided by the man. 

 

Two officers were then able to pull the man out from under the vehicle as EMS arrived.  The man's face was flushed, he was not breathing and he was cold to the touch.  Reports from those present indicated that the man had only been down for a couple minutes.  Officers immediately began CPR assited by EMS.  Officers continued on with rescue breaths for several minutes as EMS continued to treat the man medically.  CPR was continued as the man was transitioned to a cot, secured and placed in the back of the awaiting ambulance.  As the man was placed in the back of the ambulance he began to breath on his own.  He was later sent to Wesley by way of EagleMed and later that evening was stable an still breathing on his own.  I understand, howeer, that the man died of his injuries the following day.

 

Due to the officers' and neighbor's quick thinking to get the man from under the car and to begin CPR as quickly as they did, the man lived for several more hours. These officers and the neighbor should be commended for their actions.  The Arkansas City Police Deprtment urges persons working on their autos to take every precaution to secure them before getting under the auto to service them.  Accidents such as this are almost always preventable.  Our hearts and prayers go out to the man's family. 

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City events, heat wave

Supposed to be really hot out today and the next couple of days. Weather.com is saying we will have 104 or 105 degrees today through Wednesday. Heat index will be around 110, so be careful out there.

City Commission meeting is today at 5 p.m. There will be a public hearing on the budget. I will try to have the live blog going.
Then at 6 p.m. the National Night Out kickoff party starts at Paris Park. Swimming, free food and games, Tomorrow night are the block parties with the National Night Out.

Tuesday,

Cop notes are posted.
I put the names back in the cop notes today. Comments were mostly in favor. I put up a poll, and it is tied right now.
Please vote.
I want to be responsive to readers. To some extent, I want to do what you all want. I want to be an honest reflection of the community. Some news organizations want to tell you what you need to know, and what to think. I don't want to be like that.

Also today the president is having a town hall meeting. With the rough time he has had at some of them, its kinda brave of him to do it again. But, he is doing it in the part of the country that is most liberal, so ... that should help.
I put up a link last night to the White House web site, where you may watch it live at noon today.
The site itself is good. Has a lot of information.

Monday's posting

Greetings everyone.
The cop notes are posted on the site. Also posted a press release from the Walnut Valley Festival, or bluegrass as it is more commonly known.
Also put up a couple pictures from last year. The picture with this post is of the lead singer for the group The Wiyos. The WV Fest is one of my favorite events in the area. I hope to camp there this year.
They are really not bluegrass anymore.
Last year they were flooded and there was no camping. Several campers stayed in Arkansas City.
I will be posting pictures from yesterday soon.
I saw no one commented on the river post yesterday. No one wants to talk about that anymore?