Hit and Run
By: PattiL61
The shift started out normal enough. Just the usual car accidents and cardiac calls. Alex and Kim had just finished their dinner break with Sully and Davis and were standing outside the diner talking as the sun set and it grew dark. Alex and Davis were discussing plans to meet up after work and Sully and Kim were just talking about nothing, rolling their eyes at the obvious attraction between Ty and Alex.
"Central to Adam 55-3. Take a call for an unknown medical problem at Sutton and 105th, Apartment 13J."
"That's us Alex," said Kim as she reached for the radio to answer the call. "Central, Adam 55-3, show us en route to that call. Any more information?"
"Negative, Adam 55-3. Caller just stated that his elderly mother was sick and he didn't know what was wrong," came the reply from the dispatcher.
"10-4," replied Kim as Alex started the rig and flipped on the lights and siren.
Sully started to get into the RMP and noticed that Ty was following the route of the ambulance with his eyes. "Hey - Junior. Care to get back to work?"
"Huh? Oh yeah," he said with a puzzled look on his face. "What's the matter with you? Didn't get to give her a kiss bye-bye," teased Sully. Davis just made a face at Sully and said, "No. I just got a weird feeling as they left for that call." He tried to shrug it off.
No stranger to gut feelings, Sully asked, "So, you wanna head in the direction of their call? Just to make sure?"
"Yeah, as long as we're going that way anyway," said Ty, silently thanking Sully for understanding.
55-Charlie was headed to the location of Kim and Alex's call when they were detoured to another call, "Central to 55-Charlie. Take a domestic dispute at Union and 125th."
Sully and Davis both let out a sigh at the same time. They both hated domestic calls. "10-4, Central. 55-Charlie responding to Union and 125th," confirmed Ty. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Kim and Alex pulled up to the location of their call and were looking at the directory located at the front door. There was no Apartment 13J and they were going through the process of pushing all the buttons for any apartment with the number 13 or the letter J in them when 55-David pulled up with Faith and Bosco.
"What's up guys?" said Faith as she and Bosco ascended the stairs. They had come as a routine procedure for any unknown-type calls just in case there were any problems.
"Doesn't seem to be an Apartment 13J and we tried all the other combinations we could think of all with the same response, 'We don't need an ambulance here,'" Kim said.
Bosco keyed his radio, "55-David to Central. We're at the medical at Sutton and 105th. Do you have any more information on the caller? The apartment number doesn't exist."
"Negative 55-David. Also no call-back number," came the reply from Central.
"10-4," said Bosco. "Show this call as unfounded and return 55-David and Adam-55-3 back to service."
"10-4, 55-David, at 2008 hours," confirmed the dispatcher.
"Catch you on the next one," said Faith as she and Bosco got back into the RMP and started up the engine. Alex was getting back in the driver's side of the rig and Kim was putting the equipment back in one of the outside compartments of the ambulance when a car came careening around the corner with no headlights. The only one to see the car coming was Bosco who saw the reflection of streetlights in the shiny paint of the dark-colored, late model sedan. Kim heard the screeching tires, but just as she stepped back to swing the compartment door shut she was struck by the vehicle and thrown up and over the hood, landing on the ground alongside Bosco's door. Bosco didn't even have time to warn Kim between the time he saw it and the car hit her. The car continued to speed away.
"Holy Shit!" screamed Bosco as he looked out his window to see Kim, lying motionless on the ground alongside him. Faith immediately jumped out of the car as did Alex. Both women ran around to where Kim was laying while Bosco got on the radio. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Sully and Ty had just finished their domestic disturbance call. They were able to calm both parties down and by the time they left, the two lovebirds were acting like newlyweds again. "Another crisis averted," Sully joked to Ty, who was still thinking about the feeling he had when Kim and Alex had taken off.
As the two were getting in their RMP, they heard the distraught voice of Bosco over the radio.
"55-David to Central! Clear the channel!" Bosco yelled into the radio, still not believing what he had just seen.
"10-4, 55-David. All units 55-David has the channel," advised Central.
"Central, we need another bus on the rush and more units to this location. We have a paramedic struck by a hit and run vehicle. Vehicle is a late model, dark-colored sedan. The vehicle left from Sutton heading south down 105th without any lights at a high rate of speed. There should be damage to the front of the vehicle on the driver's side and also to the hood, windshield and roof of the vehicle," said Bosco, trying to remain calm.
After receiving confirmation of the information from the dispatcher, Bosco climbed over the seat and exited the vehicle on Faith's side. As he ran around the car and toward the ambulance, he called over to Alex, "What do you need Alex!?"
By the time Bosco had finished giving the information out over the radio, Alex and Faith had time to get over their initial shock enough to begin working on Kim. "I need the trauma kit, a backboard, collar and the stretcher over here!" yelled Alex.
"Please Kim, talk to me," said Faith as she brushed Kim's hair away from her face. There was no response. Kim was unconscious. Faith looked over at Alex who was trying hard to remain calm and take care of her friend. Her hands were shaking. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ty and Sully looked at each other and knew by the tone of Bosco's voice that it was bad. They had never heard Bosco sound rattled over the radio no matter how serious the call. Sully started up the car and Ty flipped on the lights and siren and they sped off in the direction of the call, not knowing if it was Kim or Alex, and fearing the worst.
A few moments later they pulled up in front of the building on Sutton as Adam 55-2 was pulling away with Carlos driving and Doc in the back leaning over a patient. The whole street was awash in the glow of red and white lights from the emergency vehicles. Bosco and Faith were standing at the back of Alex and Kim's rig using the saline to wash blood from their hands and talking to Lieutenant Swersky.
Ty and Sully walked alongside of 55-David and looked down to see the reflection of lights in the puddle of blood alongside of the RMP. They each had a sick feeling as they walked up to Bosco, Faith and the Lieutenant. Davis couldn't seem to get the words out so Sully asked for him.
"Bosco, who is it?" asked Sully cautiously, not wanting it to be either Kim or Alex, but knowing that it was. Bosco and Faith both looked at Sully and Davis. "It's Kim," Bosco said quietly. No one, not even Faith, had known about Kim and Bosco's encounter outside the bowling alley that night and that Bosco still had some feelings for Kim.
Ty let out a sigh of relief, not that it was Kim instead of Alex, but just that it wasn't Alex. He looked up hoping no one misunderstood his feelings and with one look around the group knew that everyone understood. "How bad is she?" asked Ty. "Pretty bad," answered Faith solemnly. Bosco looked at the ground and said, "C'mon Faith, I gotta go tell Jimmy." Faith looked up at the Lieutenant as if asking if it was okay for them to go and the Lieutenant just nodded his approval. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Bosco had called the firehouse and found out that it was Jimmy's night off. They arrived at his apartment and paused in front of the door. Bosco was about to knock on the door, but was trying to phrase what he was going to say in his mind first. It was always hard to break bad news to anyone, and he hated this part of his job, but it was particularly hard when it was friends that were sick or hurt and being notified.
Bosco finally took a deep breath and knocked on the door. A moment later the door opened, "Hey Faith, Bosco. What's up?" said Jimmy with a smile on his face. Faith saw Joey playing video games behind Jimmy. "Can we come in?" asked Bosco and by the look on his face, Jimmy knew it was bad. He opened the door wider to let the two officers in. Faith walked over to Joey while Bosco spoke to Jimmy.
"Jimmy, Alex and Kim were on a medical call that was unfounded. We were all just getting ready to leave the scene and Kim was putting equipment away. A car came around the corner from nowhere and hit Kim. She's alive, but hurt pretty bad. Doc, Carlos and Alex took her to Mercy. You should probably get down there," he said, putting a hand on his friend's shoulder to make sure he understood the seriousness of the situation.
Jimmy looked over at Joey, and Faith looked back at Jimmy. "Um, I guess I need to, uh, Jesus, I can't think," said Jimmy shakily. Faith came over and said, "Jimmy, can your Mom come over and watch Joey? We'll take you over to the hospital as soon as she gets here."
"What? Um, she should be here any minute. She was going to watch Joey tonight while I met Kim after work. We're trying to work some things out," said Jimmy, suddenly feeling ill. He ran to the bathroom to get sick just as his mother walked through the open front door.
"What's going on?" asked Mrs. Doherty. Bosco and Faith explained the situation to her and a few minutes later they were on their way with Jimmy to the hospital. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ TBC.
The shift started out normal enough. Just the usual car accidents and cardiac calls. Alex and Kim had just finished their dinner break with Sully and Davis and were standing outside the diner talking as the sun set and it grew dark. Alex and Davis were discussing plans to meet up after work and Sully and Kim were just talking about nothing, rolling their eyes at the obvious attraction between Ty and Alex.
"Central to Adam 55-3. Take a call for an unknown medical problem at Sutton and 105th, Apartment 13J."
"That's us Alex," said Kim as she reached for the radio to answer the call. "Central, Adam 55-3, show us en route to that call. Any more information?"
"Negative, Adam 55-3. Caller just stated that his elderly mother was sick and he didn't know what was wrong," came the reply from the dispatcher.
"10-4," replied Kim as Alex started the rig and flipped on the lights and siren.
Sully started to get into the RMP and noticed that Ty was following the route of the ambulance with his eyes. "Hey - Junior. Care to get back to work?"
"Huh? Oh yeah," he said with a puzzled look on his face. "What's the matter with you? Didn't get to give her a kiss bye-bye," teased Sully. Davis just made a face at Sully and said, "No. I just got a weird feeling as they left for that call." He tried to shrug it off.
No stranger to gut feelings, Sully asked, "So, you wanna head in the direction of their call? Just to make sure?"
"Yeah, as long as we're going that way anyway," said Ty, silently thanking Sully for understanding.
55-Charlie was headed to the location of Kim and Alex's call when they were detoured to another call, "Central to 55-Charlie. Take a domestic dispute at Union and 125th."
Sully and Davis both let out a sigh at the same time. They both hated domestic calls. "10-4, Central. 55-Charlie responding to Union and 125th," confirmed Ty. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Kim and Alex pulled up to the location of their call and were looking at the directory located at the front door. There was no Apartment 13J and they were going through the process of pushing all the buttons for any apartment with the number 13 or the letter J in them when 55-David pulled up with Faith and Bosco.
"What's up guys?" said Faith as she and Bosco ascended the stairs. They had come as a routine procedure for any unknown-type calls just in case there were any problems.
"Doesn't seem to be an Apartment 13J and we tried all the other combinations we could think of all with the same response, 'We don't need an ambulance here,'" Kim said.
Bosco keyed his radio, "55-David to Central. We're at the medical at Sutton and 105th. Do you have any more information on the caller? The apartment number doesn't exist."
"Negative 55-David. Also no call-back number," came the reply from Central.
"10-4," said Bosco. "Show this call as unfounded and return 55-David and Adam-55-3 back to service."
"10-4, 55-David, at 2008 hours," confirmed the dispatcher.
"Catch you on the next one," said Faith as she and Bosco got back into the RMP and started up the engine. Alex was getting back in the driver's side of the rig and Kim was putting the equipment back in one of the outside compartments of the ambulance when a car came careening around the corner with no headlights. The only one to see the car coming was Bosco who saw the reflection of streetlights in the shiny paint of the dark-colored, late model sedan. Kim heard the screeching tires, but just as she stepped back to swing the compartment door shut she was struck by the vehicle and thrown up and over the hood, landing on the ground alongside Bosco's door. Bosco didn't even have time to warn Kim between the time he saw it and the car hit her. The car continued to speed away.
"Holy Shit!" screamed Bosco as he looked out his window to see Kim, lying motionless on the ground alongside him. Faith immediately jumped out of the car as did Alex. Both women ran around to where Kim was laying while Bosco got on the radio. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Sully and Ty had just finished their domestic disturbance call. They were able to calm both parties down and by the time they left, the two lovebirds were acting like newlyweds again. "Another crisis averted," Sully joked to Ty, who was still thinking about the feeling he had when Kim and Alex had taken off.
As the two were getting in their RMP, they heard the distraught voice of Bosco over the radio.
"55-David to Central! Clear the channel!" Bosco yelled into the radio, still not believing what he had just seen.
"10-4, 55-David. All units 55-David has the channel," advised Central.
"Central, we need another bus on the rush and more units to this location. We have a paramedic struck by a hit and run vehicle. Vehicle is a late model, dark-colored sedan. The vehicle left from Sutton heading south down 105th without any lights at a high rate of speed. There should be damage to the front of the vehicle on the driver's side and also to the hood, windshield and roof of the vehicle," said Bosco, trying to remain calm.
After receiving confirmation of the information from the dispatcher, Bosco climbed over the seat and exited the vehicle on Faith's side. As he ran around the car and toward the ambulance, he called over to Alex, "What do you need Alex!?"
By the time Bosco had finished giving the information out over the radio, Alex and Faith had time to get over their initial shock enough to begin working on Kim. "I need the trauma kit, a backboard, collar and the stretcher over here!" yelled Alex.
"Please Kim, talk to me," said Faith as she brushed Kim's hair away from her face. There was no response. Kim was unconscious. Faith looked over at Alex who was trying hard to remain calm and take care of her friend. Her hands were shaking. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ty and Sully looked at each other and knew by the tone of Bosco's voice that it was bad. They had never heard Bosco sound rattled over the radio no matter how serious the call. Sully started up the car and Ty flipped on the lights and siren and they sped off in the direction of the call, not knowing if it was Kim or Alex, and fearing the worst.
A few moments later they pulled up in front of the building on Sutton as Adam 55-2 was pulling away with Carlos driving and Doc in the back leaning over a patient. The whole street was awash in the glow of red and white lights from the emergency vehicles. Bosco and Faith were standing at the back of Alex and Kim's rig using the saline to wash blood from their hands and talking to Lieutenant Swersky.
Ty and Sully walked alongside of 55-David and looked down to see the reflection of lights in the puddle of blood alongside of the RMP. They each had a sick feeling as they walked up to Bosco, Faith and the Lieutenant. Davis couldn't seem to get the words out so Sully asked for him.
"Bosco, who is it?" asked Sully cautiously, not wanting it to be either Kim or Alex, but knowing that it was. Bosco and Faith both looked at Sully and Davis. "It's Kim," Bosco said quietly. No one, not even Faith, had known about Kim and Bosco's encounter outside the bowling alley that night and that Bosco still had some feelings for Kim.
Ty let out a sigh of relief, not that it was Kim instead of Alex, but just that it wasn't Alex. He looked up hoping no one misunderstood his feelings and with one look around the group knew that everyone understood. "How bad is she?" asked Ty. "Pretty bad," answered Faith solemnly. Bosco looked at the ground and said, "C'mon Faith, I gotta go tell Jimmy." Faith looked up at the Lieutenant as if asking if it was okay for them to go and the Lieutenant just nodded his approval. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Bosco had called the firehouse and found out that it was Jimmy's night off. They arrived at his apartment and paused in front of the door. Bosco was about to knock on the door, but was trying to phrase what he was going to say in his mind first. It was always hard to break bad news to anyone, and he hated this part of his job, but it was particularly hard when it was friends that were sick or hurt and being notified.
Bosco finally took a deep breath and knocked on the door. A moment later the door opened, "Hey Faith, Bosco. What's up?" said Jimmy with a smile on his face. Faith saw Joey playing video games behind Jimmy. "Can we come in?" asked Bosco and by the look on his face, Jimmy knew it was bad. He opened the door wider to let the two officers in. Faith walked over to Joey while Bosco spoke to Jimmy.
"Jimmy, Alex and Kim were on a medical call that was unfounded. We were all just getting ready to leave the scene and Kim was putting equipment away. A car came around the corner from nowhere and hit Kim. She's alive, but hurt pretty bad. Doc, Carlos and Alex took her to Mercy. You should probably get down there," he said, putting a hand on his friend's shoulder to make sure he understood the seriousness of the situation.
Jimmy looked over at Joey, and Faith looked back at Jimmy. "Um, I guess I need to, uh, Jesus, I can't think," said Jimmy shakily. Faith came over and said, "Jimmy, can your Mom come over and watch Joey? We'll take you over to the hospital as soon as she gets here."
"What? Um, she should be here any minute. She was going to watch Joey tonight while I met Kim after work. We're trying to work some things out," said Jimmy, suddenly feeling ill. He ran to the bathroom to get sick just as his mother walked through the open front door.
"What's going on?" asked Mrs. Doherty. Bosco and Faith explained the situation to her and a few minutes later they were on their way with Jimmy to the hospital. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ TBC.