Driver cleared miles of snow-covered roads to ensure safe passage for ambulance carrying infant
CINCINNATI - An Ohio Department of Transportation driver helped clear snow-covered roads Sunday to ensure a sick baby could safely reach Cincinnati Children’s Hospital during the weekend’s winter storm.
Joe Estes, an ODOT driver, received a call 20 minutes into his Sunday shift requesting help for an ambulance transport. A baby boy named Bryson needed immediate transport to Cincinnati Children’s for a higher level of care, but the storm had made roads nearly impassable. “I got a phone call and they said, ‘We’ve got a sick baby and we need to get there, we’re losing our window of time,’” Estes said. Kelly Besl, part of Cincinnati Children’s transport team, said the team knew roads would be impassable for an ambulance alone, so they called ODOT for help clearing the way.Estes cleared miles of roadway with the transport team carrying baby Bryson following behind. “It’s probably the most important trek of my ODOT career. It wasn’t just pushing snow; it was getting this ambulance to this hospital safely and back,” Estes said. Winter Storm Fern covered the Tri-State in snow and ice over the weekend, making travel nearly impossible. ODOT drivers worked more than 30 hours in three days to make roadways passable. The respiratory therapist on board the transport met Estes for the first time Monday and thanked him for his help. “It was great. He’s cool. We knew he was going to be cool we had him on the phone a couple times and he was like ‘just tell me exactly what you guys need and where we’re going,’” the therapist said.Estes said the experience was meaningful as a parent. “As a parent myself, knowing I played a small role in helping this ambulance and this child and this family make it and whatever procedure they needed, it’s a feel-good story,” he said. Estes stressed the importance of staying home during severe weather to allow emergency responders and road crews to work safely. “They might not be behind us, but they are still going up and down the roads, we see them every day. Fire trucks, police, ambulances... and we just ask give us room to work so these real heroes can get where they need to be,” he said. Members of the transport team said they had never dealt with a situation like this before and were grateful ODOT was able to make the transport possible.Ohio drivers warned about ‘puffing’ law ahead of winter stormGuy Fieri debuts shocking ‘new look’ while celebrating 58th birthdayWarming centers open, ready to help with cold
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