Wisconsin Rep. Van Orden helps save 11-year-old boy

R-Wisc. Rep. Derrick Van Orden described the scene of a horrible highway crash that prompted him and other bystanders to help save an 11-year-old child this weekend.

Van Orden Tell the Washington inspector that he and his family were traveling in Iowa when he saw the crash in the rearview mirror.

“I’m watching a Dodge big minivan collapse. It seems to drift from the road at 70 mph, more on the passenger side of the car. My wife Sarah is like, what’s going on? I looked at it and I said, someone is dead,” He told the media.

Former Navy SEAL Van Orden said he quickly rushed the car back to the scene.

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“I ran to the passenger side and all the injuries were hit, and there was an 11-year-old. I looked at him, his calves (as big as my thighs, were completely torn, so I could see his shin and fibula, his fibula was big, just he was bleeding.

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“By then, about 10 people have stopped to help as well. I thought, ‘Does anyone have a knife?’ They are like, “Yes.” “So I cut off the seat belt and made the tourniquet,” he added.

Rep. Derrick Van Orden, R-Wis. Attend a press conference on Attorney General Merrick Garland on June 26, 2024 in Washington, DC. (Allison Robert/Getty Images)

“Some big old Iowa farm dude, probably in his 60s, ripped his arm off the windshield wiper and another lady said she was a doctor. She ended up grabbing a piece of metal, made a tourniquet on his leg, and we all packed him up, put him away and took him to the ambulance,” he continued.

Van Orden said: “It took about 10 to 15 minutes. He would bleed. The nursing staff is Respond quickly, but still miles away. “He will leave.”

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Van Orden told the media that he visited the young man at the hospital on Monday but he did not name the boy.

Rep. Derrick Van Orden, R-Wis. Talk to reporters after a House Republican meeting held at the U.S. Capitol on November 19, 2024. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc, via Getty Images)

From Iowa Patrol The crash occurred when the minivan hit a semi-truck trying to merge from a highway on the shoulder, said.

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There were no reports of deaths in the crash, but both the boy and the van’s driver were airlifted to a nearby hospital.