Good Samaritans Come to Aid of Newtown Man Suffering Medical Emergency

This past Saturday an extraordinary event took place on Mt.Pleasant.

A team of first responders and good Samaritans helped save a man's life working together.

Saturday morning police were sent to Mt.Pleasant in the area of Tory Lane to investigate the report of a possible pedestrian struck by a motor vehicle. Police were told that bystanders were on scene and in the process of performing CPR on this individual.

Police arrived shortly thereafter and took over performing CPR, Hawleyville Firefighters arrived with an AED machine and provided shocks to man. Newtown Ambulance arrived to provide further medical assistance and transport the man to Danbury Hospital.

A police investigation determined that the man had not been hit by a car, as first thought, but had suffered some type of a medical emergency as he was riding his bike up the hill on Mt. Pleasant.

We are happy to report that this man survived and is expected to make a full recovery and already has made arrangements to have his bicycle picked up from the police department!

"I have been around a long time and have never witnessed an individual in this man's condition come back the way he did. It was truly a miracle and the direct result of good Samaritans, first responders and help from above coming together that this man is alive today," Newtown Police say.

 

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Submitted by Newtown, CT

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