This takes some time to study, to realize what it is you are actually 
looking at. The telephone pole helps as a reference point... Sometimes what 
you see as you first arrive on the scene may not be exactly what you have 
after further investigation. Although these pictures are of a vehicle 
accident they exemplify how things in other situations can be deceiving. If 
you approached this scene from the driver's side, the damage doesn't looks 
so devastating.. However, if you approached from the front or the passenger 
side your would have a totally different impression of the scene. 
Fortunately there was no passenger in the vehicle at the time of the 
accident. This same scenario can and does exist when approaching any 
emergency scene or fireground. Do not necessarily take the word of others or 
even necessarily rely on your first Impressions. Sometimes additional 
investigation can lead to an entirely different conclusion While covering 
for a few hours on E24, we responded on this wreck.. The driver swerved to 
avoid a car turning left and spun out on an icy intersection. I ordered the 
crew to stretch a line and was literally transmitting a request for the 
Entrapment Compliment when the police Sergeant on the scene pointed at a guy 
standing on the sidewalk saying, "Here's the driver!" Except for a scratch 
on his hand he was totally unharmed
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Tomas M.
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