Two American soliders react quickly at scene of deadly accident in South Korea

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South Korean rescue personnel work on a vehicle that smashed into a telephone pole on a highway near Camp Eagle on Jan. 11. Two U.S. soldiers, Staff Sgt. Kimberly Veal and Pfc. Bradley Herron, assisted the injured South Koreans after coming across the site while returning to their camp.


Two American soliders react quickly at scene of deadly accident in South Korea
By T.D. Flack, Stars and Stripes
Pacific edition, Wednesday, January 16, 2008

SEOUL — Two 2nd Aviation Regiment soldiers traveling on a snowy highway last Friday said they reacted automatically when they spotted a car wrapped around a telephone pole with one bloody passenger hanging out a window.

“We have to stop,” was the first thing Staff Sgt. Kimberly Veal, of the regiment’s Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion (Attack), told the driver, Pfc. Bradley Herron, of the same unit.

They found three others in the car: one dead, another injured and another who appeared unhurt.

During a phone interview Monday, both Herron and Veal said they were shocked to see people driving past the crumpled car without stopping to offer help.

Veal said part of their battalion driver’s education training hits on an important lesson: “stop and assist in any way possible.”


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