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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Linda Geddes Science correspondent

‘I feel disorientated’: replicating a real car crash to research rescue techniques

The Guardian’s science correspondent Linda Geddes is eased onto a stretcher from car wreckage
The Guardian’s science correspondent Linda Geddes is eased onto a stretcher from car wreckage. Photograph: Adrian Sherratt/The Guardian

“Linda, Keep looking forward, OK? I’m just making some space and I’ll be coming into the front of the vehicle with you just as soon as I can,” booms a voice in my left ear. “Are you bleeding anywhere?”

I struggle to formulate an answer, I’m so distracted by everything else that’s happening around me: firefighters approaching with hydraulic equipment; the rip of adhesive film as they tape up my window; the swing of the air freshener attached to my rear view mirror.

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