MS security officers come to the aid of woman seriously inured in car wreck
D’IBERVILLE, Miss. April 28 2021 A woman is in a Mobile hospital being treated for serious injuries she received over the weekend after police say she was hit by a drunk driver.
Witnesses who were at the scene at 3:30 a.m. Sunday near the intersection of Rodriguez Street and Gorenflo Road say she is lucky to be alive.
“The car came barreling down Rodriguez Street,” said Eric Holley, who witnessed the crash and helped the 29-year-old woman after she had been struck.
Holley was working at a nearby bar that morning as a security guard when he saw the crash. He said he rushed to help, giving the woman CPR before she was airlifted to USA Medical Center in Mobile for emergency surgery.
Holley and other employees from Holley-Morisch Security Solutions also helped extract 24-year-old Caleb Schaar from his vehicle. Scharr is now charged with aggravated DUI as a result of the crash.
“We just assisted police and fire. That’s what we do,” Holley said.
As the head of the security company, he said he goes out of his way to hire current and former law enforcement and military personnel in order to put their emergency training to good use.
“I wasn’t really thinking about it. I was just kind of in the zone and you just do, you know, what you’re supposed to do,” he said.
The security team hopes the rescue efforts shed a better light on all that guards can do.
“Sometimes they think it’s just some burly guy that is all muscle and breaking up fights but honestly, security should be about protecting,” said Ronnie Morisch.
During their nights doing shifts at the bar, the guards have noticed the large amount of accidents that happen around the intersection, which is something they want to see changed.
“If we continue to keep this yield right here, we’re going to see other accidents occur,” Morisch said.
The men suggest D’Iberville officials make the intersection a four-way stop or put up more caution signs to alert drivers and pedestrians.
“I think the city should look into something to try and prevent this from occurring,” Morisch said.
Until then, security experts want people to know they are ready to jump into action just like they did on Sunday.
