"I used to think that the park was a safe place until this happened…" said Moore.
Jack Moore, a 21-year-old man from Norwich, Britain, dated his girlfriend out to sunbathe in Earlham Park. When they were snoozing in the sunshine, they were suddenly smashed by a garbage truck weighing two tons.
Moore's stomach and navel were excessively smashed, and both his lungs and liver severely damaged. His girlfriend's collarbone, sternum, and some other parts were fractured in great pain.
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Fortunately, this couple were sent to hospital right away and saved. The doctor later told Moore that thanks to his passion for sports, his six-pack saved his life!
Moore recalls the moments, saying he was too painful to talk after being passed by the car. The witnesses all came to help, trying to keep them calm. Soon after the ambulance arrived, he completely lost consciousness. When Moore woke up again, he found himself was lying on the bed and saw a long scar on his chest that stretched all the way to the groin.
"The doctor says that I am very fortunate. If there is no six-pack blocking the gravity of the tire, my internal organs may be hurt even more.”
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The driver of is fined 195 pounds and got fired. The cleaning company says that the driver was distracted during that time which led to the tragedy.
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Due to this accident, Moore is also suffering from Post-Traumatic Stress Syndrome (PTSD), which prevents him from going to the toilet right now.
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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — After the killing of their octogenarian parents last month in their South Florida home, Kim Melvin Hill and Tonya Mitchell went before a bank of TV cameras seeking answers on Wednesday. Why were they killed? Who would have done this? And where can the killer or killers be now?
The youngest of 11 children of Major and Claudette Melvin, they are mystified as to why anyone would kill their elderly parents inside their Fort Lauderdale home and, it appears, only steal their 10-year-old Ford.
“We’re angry. We’re angry. We’re very angry,” Hill said of the killings, which happened on March 22. “We ask those questions, but we are Christian people as well ... so I can’t put my mind that way because if you believe in God, he has your time, your place and how.”
Her sister was more blunt.
“This maggot,” Mitchell said of the killer.
The case has drawn major attention in South Florida and the Fort Lauderdale police have issued a nationwide alert for the couple's red 2014 Ford Focus, Florida license plate LTDQ16.
Homicide Sgt. Donald Geiger said Wednesday there is no indication the car has left the area, but declined to say if it has been detected since the slayings by automated license plate readers that dot many of the region's main roads.
Geiger was tight-lipped about details of the slayings, but Mitchell previously told reporters that her 89-year-old father was shot as he slept on the living room couch and her 85-year-old mother was then shot as she came out of the bedroom. The killer left behind their mother's purse and other valuables, Mitchell said previously. Claudette Melvin's brother, who has special needs, was in the house but wasn't harmed. His sisters have said he couldn't provide any information.
A $5,000 reward has been offered for information leading to a suspect's arrest.
The Melvins had been married for 60 years. He was a retired backhoe operator, while she had worked in housekeeping at a hospital. They had 28 grandchildren.
“They were the most loving people I have ever known,” Hill said. “They lived in that area for (50) years and whoever this perpetrator is needs to ...." Her voice then trailed off as she stopped mid-sentence, overcome by tears.
“They didn't deserve this,” her sister said.
Homicide detective Leann Swisher, left, and homicide Sergeant Donald Geiger point out a sticker, top, and damage, below, on photos of the victims' vehicle during a news conference regarding the double homicide of Major Melvin and Claudette Melvin, at the Fort Lauderdale Police Department in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., on Wednesday, April 3, 2024. Florida police are seeking the public’s help in finding a car stolen from an older couple who were found shot to death in their home. (Amy Beth Bennett/South Florida Sun-Sentinel via AP)
Tonya Mitchell becomes emotional during a news conference regarding the double homicide of her parents at the Fort Lauderdale Police Department in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., on Wednesday, April 3, 2024. The couple, Major Melvin, 89, and Claudette Melvin, 87, were slain at their Fort Lauderdale home. (Amy Beth Bennett / South Florida Sun Sentinel)/The Denver Post via AP)
