bones, including fractured vertebrae. doctors say he came within centimeters of a spinal injury that could have left him paralyzed. luther har ling is convicted of recklessly endangering another person. he serves four and a half years and is released in 2003. three years later, he dies in a car accident. his attorney says harling s erratic behavior was caused by a mix of percocet and cocaine. and har ling had no memory of the accident. after months of rehab, william krause returns to firefighting and james heck continues to shoot local news stories, though he doubts he ll ever see another story quite like this. it was an extraordinary situation. he s lucky to be alive. a quiet rural village is the site of a different kind of vehicle disturbance.
the bullets and krause is thrown from underneath the car into the road. one of the rear tires runs over krause s leg, breaking his femur. firefighters rush over to help and cops pull the driver out of the vehicle. the operator of the suv is 30-year-old luther harling. earlier in the day, he nearly struck a police officer with his car in neighboring norristown. authorities gave chase, but called off the pursuit after harling crossed into the next town. but a half hour later, harling comes barreling through the road block set up around the accident scene. firefighter krause is conscious, but badly injured. a lot of concern, a lot of panic, is this guy going to make it? is he all right? krause is unable to see since the impact from the hip breaks the capillaries in his eyes, temporarily blinding him. soon, he s on a gurney and headed to a chopper. krause suffers multiple broken