Cherry Point Marine rushes to teen’s aid after car accident

Marine rushes to teen’s aid after car accident
By Cpl. Tyler J. Bolken, U.S. Marine Corps
Published: Monday, October 29, 2012

Cpl. Joshua Murphy, an airframe mechanic with Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 252, stands in front of one of the squadron’s KC-130J Hercules on the Cherry Point flight line Monday. Murphy, a native of Colton, Calif., recently rushed to the aid of a 19-year-old woman who was in a car accident near his home in Newport. Murphy applied pressure to a wound on the young woman’s head until paramedics arrived. She was airlifted to Vidant Medical Center in Greenville, where she was treated for non-life threatening injuries.
Cpl. Tyler J. Bolken/U.S. Marine Corps

CHERRY POINT – A Marine and his wife were chatting as they prepared for bed around 10 p.m. Oct. 23 when they heard the sound of squealing tires not far from their home in Newport.

“It was an extremely loud screeching sound, followed by a few bangs and crashes,” said Cpl. Joshua Murphy, an airframe mechanic at Cherry Point. “We stopped in mid sentence and just kind of stared at each other.

“My wife and I both knew it was an accident.”

Murphy, a native of Colton, Calif., immediately told his wife to dial 911 before quickly grabbing his keys to drive toward the sounds of chaos.

According to police reports, a vehicle ran off the right side of a sharp curve on Lake Road, striking a street sign before impacting a tree and overturning onto its passenger side. No other cars were involved.

Murphy arrived at the scene and saw a totaled minivan less than a quarter mile from his home. It was pitch black outside, and he could only see what was in front of his headlights.

“You couldn’t even tell where the front end was,” said Murphy, adding that at this point, he was very concerned.
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