Cordell Patrick.
A former ESPN sportscaster is recovering after he was ejected from his RV and onto a California freeway.
Cordell Patrick and his wife were on their way home to Valencia on Monday when the incident occurred on 14 Freeway south of Newhall Avenue, according toCW affiliate KTLA.
Somehow, both Patrick and his wife survived. “It was divine intervention,” he told KTLA. “If you didn’t think there was a higher power before this, I’m a living witness and I’ve got a living testimony to tell.”
“So instead of going straight, we were headed toward the median,” he said, per KTLA. “I tried grabbing the steering wheel, but before I could grab it we already had impact.”
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Patrick was seriously hurt upon being thrown from the vehicle, according to KTLA. He broke multiple bones, dislocated his shoulder and sustained road rash on about 60% of his body, as well as lacerations to his head.
Alf Smithey, a good Samaritan who stopped to help, said Patrick’s wife was frantically looking for her husband when he reached the scene of the crash, according to KNBC. He eventually found Patrick, who, despite having “a big old gash on his forehead,” was conscious.
“His biggest concern was, ‘How was my wife?’ I was like, ‘You’re the one who flew out of the vehicle.’ He was more concerned about her,” Smithey recalled.
In an interview withTMZfrom the hospital, Patrick said his wife “blacked out” and is now undergoing medical testing.
Patrick was transported to a local hospital in critical condition after the crash, KNBC reported. His wife and their beagle were uninjured.
source: people.com
