Kentucky State Police Post 04 Trooper Josh Cummings and Civilian Mark Wood of Elizabethtown are being credited with helping save a four year old girl after a traffic accident Wednesday afternoon.
Trooper Cummings was off duty and returning home from the gym. As he was traveling down U.S. 31-W Bypass in Elizabethtown, he stopped to render aid at an accident scene involving a single vehicle that had left the roadway. The witnesses that had already stopped to check on the passengers in the vehicle told Tpr. Cummings there was a small child that wasn’t breathing.
At this time Trooper Cummings saw Mark Wood holding the four year old next to the vehicle and Wood told him the child wasn’t breathing but had a pulse.
Both men immediately positioned the child for CPR and Wood gave rescue breaths while Cummings monitored her pulse and gave chest compressions.
After several attempts they were able to get the child to breathe again on her own and were able to keep her breathing until EMS arrived.
The child was airlifted to Kosair Childrens Hospital in Louisville, where she is listed in stable condition.
The accident remains under investigation by the Elizabethtown Police Department.
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