We can consider quite a few technique to spend ones birthday, Robert Dyer most likely had some thrilling plans too, however we’re certain that he didn’t plan to spend his 89th birthday within the unlucky method that he did.
Mr Dreyer was driving alongside a highway within the city of Viera, which is 40 miles southeast of Orlando, when tragedy struck in essentially the most uncommon method. Robert veered off the highway and hit a fireplace hydrant, very unlucky in fact and Robert gave the impression to be fully unharmed by the affect. Being an excellent citizen he obtained out of his automotive to see what the harm was, this was when the surprising occurred.
Now if we’ve got not seen these American fireplace hydrants in actuality, most of us can have seen the images of water gushing from them in motion pictures, they’re highly effective and it was this that was the downfall of poor Mr Dreyer. An eye witness Pedro Rodriguez, advised NBC “the water pressure was so strong that it sucked him in and pulled him into the hole.”
Lt. Channing Taylor, commander of the Highway Patrol’s Brevard County workplace, was equally mystified and claimed that it was the primary time that he had ever heard it occur, definitely when somebody hit the hydrant together with his automotive and drowns! Usually the hearth hydrants will break off and so they received’t spew water; they’ve security valves in place, he mentioned.
Apparently when he obtained out of his automotive a roughly six-foot deep gap opened up beneath him and he was pulled underneath his automotive by the push of the water from the broken hydrant. Other motorists obtained out of their automobiles to attempt to pull him out of the outlet as paramedics arrived to the scene. One of the helpers a 220 pound man (100Kg) Edward Cunningham mentioned the pressure was large and was making an attempt to push him in because the water was gushing too strongly.
Dreyer was rushed to a close-by hospital, however was unable to be revived and pronounced lifeless; in accordance with authorities it’s understood that he might also have had a medical episode simply moments earlier than or after the hydrant crash.
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