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By Greg Bartlett

It was an unusually dark night. My dad and I had decided to take a narrow country road to cut through a lot of twists and turns on the highway. We were traveling home from a family get together. We hit a long corner and somehow ended up slamming into a speeding car coming the other way. For the most part we were ok, but we could tell that the car was wreaked. I’m glad I had my cell phone.

When we got out we saw that the driver was in real bad shape. I pulled him to the side of the road and told my dad to call for an ambulance. I had never been in a crash before, and I was panicking…what do you do? Luckily, the other driver was still breathing. I ran to the back of my truck and got my first aid kit. I bandaged up the gash on his head and just watched him.

My dad had no idea where we were and neither did I. We were both very shaken up by the ordeal and the stretch of road we were on is about fifty miles long. I heard my dad trying to tell the ambulance dispatcher where we were and that was when I remembered the cell phone tracking capability my cell phone has. The cell phone’s location was then pinpointed by the dispatcher and our location was immediately known.

While we waited for the ambulance, I stayed with the injured driver. He was unconscious, but breathing. I was really hoping that he would be able to pull through, but he was a mess. As far out as we are a great emergency response time would be 45 minutes. The ambulance arrived in just under an hour. Before they left one of the EMTs came over and said that it was a good thing they had gotten there that quickly. The other guy was bleeding internally, it was still dicey but if they hadn’t been able to find us so quickly he would’ve died while we watched.

After this incident, I can’t be more thankful that I carried my cell phone with me. Without it, I really don’t know what would have happened. Who would’ve thought a cell phone with cell phone tracking could have saved someone’s life? I firmly believe that it is vitally important to always keep your phone with cell phone tracking in your car at all times. Tell those you love!