'I remember the car flipping over and over and over. Amy and I were safe strapped to our carseats. Daddy was in the front banging against everything.' Ten years later from Ellie's perspective.
'Dix, over here!' Jeff shouted when he saw Ellie and Amy.
'Who was driving the car?' Dixie whispered to Jeff. Jeff just shrugged and focused on the twins. The girls were only 2.
Norman and Iain were already bringing the other driver to hospital. The twins' father had obviously done a runner. The reason for that remains unknown for a while.
'Let's get you two out shall we,' Jeff said.
'Can you tell me your names?' Dixie asked the two girls.
'Ellie,' the scared one said, shivering.
'Amy,' the non-worried and warm one said.
'Okay, we're just taking youse to hospital to get you checked over,' Dixie said, taking Amy while Jeff took Ellie.
'Where's Daddy?' Amy asked.
Jeff and Dixie looked at each other. Dixie replied, 'we'll get the police to look for him.
'Let's get you two in then,' Jeff said.
They arrived at the ED ten minutes later. To the twins, it seemed to take forever. Ellie was shivering even though she had a blanket wrapped around her. She had no coat like Amy and it was the winter season.
The ambulance halted and Jeff went round the back to open the doors. He went to pick up Ellie while Dixie took Amy in.
'This is Ellie, 2 years old, involved in an RTC, strapped to her car seat with no obvious injuries. She's been shivering ever since we found her,' Jeff said while Sam and Fletch took it all in. Jeff carried Ellie to Paeds Resus while Dixie carried Amy into Resus followed by Tom and Rita.
(Ellie's POV)
I was sat down on a bed and the doctor and nurse were very nice. The doctor was called Sam and the nurse was Fletch.
I was still shivering a Sam took my temperature.
'35.9,' she said to Fletch. 'Crossmatch two units of blood, send bloods off to the lab, I need U's and E's, FBC's, LFT's. ABC's and check her sugar levels. Also ECG please.'
She shone a torch in my eyes. I knew I must be good in the hospital so I stayed still.
'No sign of any head injury,' Sam said.
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