Miracle Mum recalls events after the smash
Published: August 22, 2005
AS she dealt with the shock of being pinned in her car by a 16-tonne shipping container, Kristy Jarvis was calm enough to know she had to turn down the Backstreet Boys.
“The radio was so loud. It’s funny what things you remember from the night,” she said.
“It was the Backstreet Boys, it was just the first song of the CD and I was lying across the car and reached across to turn the volume down.”
As the seriousness of the August 8 accident started to take hold, Ms Jarvis became nervous, before a stranger came to calm her.
“There was a nurse. She was three cars back, I think. She took my pulse and was speaking to me, assuring me that help would be there in a minute.
“I didn’t know who she was, but I would just love to meet her and say thanks. It helped me so much.”
Ms Jarvis was trapped for about 80 minutes in her Hyundai Excel before being freed by SES volunteers and ambulance officers.
“They (emergency crews) were just amazing.
They talked me through the whole thing, one ambulance officer just held my hand and chatted to me through the whole night,” she said.
“I’d like to thank them, they helped so much.”
Ms Jarvis’ seven-year-old daughter, Dakota, has a dream vehicle.
“She said to me yesterday, `can we get a Ferrari, mum?’. I’d be happy to be able to drive her anywhere in anything, but we just can’t afford it.
“The ANZ in Kangaroo Flat have offered me their spare car for loan - that was a wonderful gesture.
“Now I just have to try and drive again, I think I will be all right. I don’t know.”
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