BOULDER, Colo. -- A Colorado man who was killed when a 3-foot tree branch flew through his windshield and impaled him in the chest was able to steer the car to safety before losing consciousness.
The wife of 61-year-old James Baker-Jarvis told the Daily Camera ( http://goo.gl/WsaHg ) that her husband was able to pull the Subaru Outback over to the roadside, saving her from any injury. Baker-Jarvis died later at a hospital.
Baker-Jarvis was a theoretical physicist at the National Institute of Standards and Technology. His wife said that he had hoped to one day bicycle across America.
"He loved to be outside," Karen Baker-Jarvis said.
Imagine your last thought being saving the person next to you. He was an educated man. He knew the situation, and without hesitation he did the right thing. May we all have such grace and strength if faced with such a dire situation.
The article mentions other wind-related injuries, which gives a new respect for something we usually scoff at. Drive safe, folks.
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