Good Samaritan leaps off bridge and into bay to save unconscious baby girl who was thrown from car during head-on pile-up
A Good Samaritan was filmed saving a baby girl flung into a Maryland bay from a car she was traveling in after a huge pile-up left the vehicle dangling over a railing.
The incident took place just before 2.47pm on Sunday along the Route 90 bridge in Ocean City and left eight people injured, among them a one-and-a-half-year-old girl who had been ejected from a silver pickup truck into the Assawoman Bay.
A bystander immediately jumped into the water and rescued the baby, as seen in a cellphone recording made by eyewitness Tricia Michele Roberts-Oertel and first obtained by Delmarva Now.
A multi-vehicle crash took place on the Route 90 bridge in Ocean City, Maryland, on Sunday afternoon, leaving this pickup truck dangling over the guardrail
The impact of the crash caused a baby girl to be ejected from the pickup truck into the Assawoman Bay. Firefighters on the scene used equipment to secure the truck
A Good Samaritan (pictured in red) jumped into the water and rescued the unconscious baby girl
The rescuer is seen in a screenshot from a bystander's video handing the child over to a boater. She was then airlifted to a hospital in Baltimore
In the video, a man in a red T-shirt is seen cradling a child in his arms while swimming in the bay, before handling her over to someone on board a private boat.
The unnamed hero then climbs into the vessel. He has not been publicly identified as of Monday afternoon.
Rob Korb, an Ocean City firefighter and photographer who was at the scene just moments after the accident, wrote in a Facebook post that the Good Samaritan performed CPR on the baby before rescuers arrived.
Officials say the five-car pileup on the bridge left eight people injured, including the baby
The cause of the multi-car collision on the bridge is being investigated by the Ocean City Police Department.
People are seen standing on the bridge following the dramatic crash and rescue Sunday
Korb also stated that the accident involved five vehicles, and that the child was ejected as a result of a head-on collision between the truck she was in and another vehicle.
'I’ve been on some crazy jobs over the years but this one will be one to remember,' he wrote.
According to a press release from Ocean City Fire Department, firefighters responded to the scene and secured the truck hanging over the guardrail, while paramedics treated multiple 'priority' patients.
Seven victims were transported by ambulances to area hospital, while the baby was airlifted to Johns Hopkins Children's Hospital in Baltimore. An update on her condition has not yet been shared.
The cause of the multi-car collision on the bridge is being investigated by the Ocean City Police Department.
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