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SUV Crashes Into Operating Room During Surgery
WGAL ^ | 8/25/05

Posted on 08/25/2005 11:51:34 AM PDT by Borges

NEWARK, N.J. -- Here's a complication the surgeon and patient didn't expect.

An SUV rammed into a New Jersey doctor's operating room toward the end of a cataract procedure. No one was injured. But Dr. Bernard Spier says if the accident had happened moments earlier, it could have hurt the patient's eye.

Spier had removed the cataract and had just used a plunger to implant a silicone lens when the crash threw him onto the partially sedated patient Tuesday.

Police said the driver was trying to back his SUV out of a parking space outside the Northern New Jersey Eye Institute, but the 77-year-old failed to put the car into reverse.

The front end smashed through a wall and stopped just inches from doctor and patient when its back tires snagged a curb.

Spier and his staff took the patient from the room, and the driver was pulled from his Toyota by a passer-by.


TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: eeeeevilsuvs; justdamn; suvsgonewild; whensuvsattack

1 posted on 08/25/2005 11:51:34 AM PDT by Borges
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To: Borges

Dang SUV's....never waiting their turn!


2 posted on 08/25/2005 11:52:21 AM PDT by highnoon (If it can be fixed with money, it's not really a problem.)
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To: Borges

SUV's gone wild!


3 posted on 08/25/2005 11:52:34 AM PDT by clee1 (We use 43 muscles to frown, 17 to smile, and 2 to pull a trigger. I'm lazy and I'm tired of smiling.)
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To: Borges

Those SUV's, I swear! Driving themselves into buildings, and then very late in the article being explained as driven by old men.


4 posted on 08/25/2005 11:53:17 AM PDT by Textide
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To: Borges
SUV vandals...


5 posted on 08/25/2005 11:53:58 AM PDT by darkwing104 (Let's get dangerous)
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To: Borges

when SUVs attack


6 posted on 08/25/2005 11:54:18 AM PDT by varyouga (Reformed Kerry voter (I know, I'm a frickin' idiot))
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To: Borges

I could see this happening.


7 posted on 08/25/2005 11:55:19 AM PDT by Rebelbase ("Run Hillary Run" bumper stickers. Liberals place on rear bumper, conservatives put on front bumper)
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To: Borges

BUSH'S FAULT!!!!


8 posted on 08/25/2005 11:55:26 AM PDT by DM1
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To: Borges

Now here's a situation where a smaller vehicle might not have made it though the wall. I'm also surprised that an room where surgery is conducted has exterior walls. A guard rail might be in order on that wall. You can't make the world foolproof, but you should do what you can to make it idiot resistant.


9 posted on 08/25/2005 11:55:35 AM PDT by RonF
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To: Borges
SUV Crashes Into Operating Room During Surgery

Should say:

77 Year Old Male Who Probably Shouldn't Be Driving Crashes Into Operating Room During Surgery

10 posted on 08/25/2005 11:57:27 AM PDT by BureaucratusMaximus (The function of socialism is to raise suffering to a higher level.)
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To: highnoon

Maybe the driver had poorly done eye surgery in the same building.


11 posted on 08/25/2005 11:59:17 AM PDT by HereInTheHeartland (The Democrat party is the official party of the Morlocks.)
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To: Borges

With the price of gas I'm sure the SUV wanted life support.


12 posted on 08/25/2005 12:03:55 PM PDT by YouPosting2Me
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To: Borges

Soemthing must be done - for the common good!


13 posted on 08/25/2005 12:15:45 PM PDT by BenLurkin (O beautiful for patriot dream - that sees beyond the years)
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To: Borges

Nah, he thought the good doc put in a drive-through window!


14 posted on 08/25/2005 12:17:16 PM PDT by PAMadMax (Islam is the enemy of all mankind...AlJazeera is its PR Firm)
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To: BureaucratusMaximus
AMEN, Dude!!!

Seriously, We've got to start having our Seniors take Driving Qualification tests during a certain time period so the "Bad" drivers can be weeded out & the "Good" drivers keep on wheelin'.

16 posted on 08/25/2005 12:20:38 PM PDT by ExcursionGuy84 ("I will Declare the Beauty of The LORD.")
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To: Borges
Someone needs to reel in those SUV's. They're OUT OF CONTROL.

Also...

It's Bush's Fault.

17 posted on 08/25/2005 12:26:19 PM PDT by I'm ALL Right! (WWW.TEACH-YOUR-KIDS.COM)
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To: Borges
We need a government program to keep them busy. How about Midnight Oil Changes?
18 posted on 08/25/2005 12:33:27 PM PDT by Caipirabob (Democrats.. Socialists..Commies..Traitors...Who can tell the difference?)
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To: Borges

Because the older you get the better skilled driver you become thus you get the lower insurance rates. And them young whipper-snappers pay the highest of rates because their reaction skills are just to quick.


19 posted on 08/25/2005 12:37:23 PM PDT by kx9088
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