Father, daughter to rescue
JAMIN Harley was running on pure adrenalin.
He and his then 12-year-old daughter Chloe left their Redlynch home early on December 27, 2017 with plans of a fishing trip.
They were just a few minutes down the road when they came upon tragedy.
A car had slammed into a power pole and ignited with the driver still inside.
Mr Harley asked a few people standing nearby if they knew whether anyone was inside the burning vehicle, but no one did.
“I ran up there and there was some bloke in the car so we pulled him out and started CPR straight up,” he said.
“I got him out of the car and dragged him up the road as far as I could and then just started on that. Then the car went up, so I had to get him even further away. I dragged him up the road even more and kept going.”
For almost half an hour he worked to try and save the 59year-old man’s life.
Meanwhile, Chloe got on the phone and called 000, giving details of what was happening.
The Earlville butcher said he was also joined by an offduty nurse who assisted until paramedics arrived.
“I didn’t even know (what I was doing), it was just adrenalin flat out,” he said.
Tragically, the man was declared dead at the scene.
Jamin and Chloe said they were humbled to be awarded the Commissioner’s Certificate of Appreciation at yesterday’s joint emergency services award ceremony.
Chloe, a Trinity Bay State High School Year 9 student, said she was now considering a career in emergency services or nursing.