THE WELCH COMPANY
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San Francisco, CA 94111-2496
415 781 5700
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S U M M A R Y
DIARY: September 5, 2017 10:30 PM Tuesday;
Rod Welch
Automobile accident on highway 580 South of Tracy about 15 miles from Highway 5.
1...Summary/Objective
2...Ambulance Services Car Accident I-580 Near Tracy
3...Emergency Treatment in ER at San Joaquin General Hospital
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Accident Automobile Speed 65 MPH I-580 Driving South to I-5 Near Tra
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0703 - ..
0704 - Summary/Objective
0705 -
070501 - Follow up ref SDS 4 0000. ref SDS 3 0000.
070502 -
070503 - Driving on highway 580 toward 5 going South to visit Doctor Kochen
070504 - tomorrow, in Sherman Oaks, for consulting on PRP to recover from
070505 - metatarsalgia both feet and plantar plate tear right foot. Lost
070506 - consciousness and drove off a cliff at 65 MPH landing nose first and
070507 - flipping end over end several times. ref SDS 0 J69I Emergency
070508 - providers (CHP and ambulance) responded promptly, evidently from
070509 - another driver calling in the accident. ref SDS 0 TV6J Ambulance
070510 - attendant woke me up, applied a neck brace. Miraculously, I was able
070511 - to exit the car. Two attendants walked me away from the scene and up
070512 - an embankment to an ambulance. Noticed the front and rear of the car
070513 - were both severely crushed. ref SDS 0 QE39
070515 - ..
070516 - [On 170906 0010 continued care for injuries from car
070517 - collision with medical team at San Joaquin General Hospital
070518 - in French Camp, California. ref SDS 6 KO5H
070520 - ..
070521 - [On 170906 0010 at 1812 received discharge documents and
070522 - left San Joaquin General Hospital for continuing care at
070523 - VAMCSF. ref SDS 6 PQ3R
070525 - ..
070526 - [On 170907 1313 received call from VA Radiology Department,
070527 - reporting possible fractured rib from car collision.
070528 - ref SDS 7 MT7F
070530 - ..
070531 - [On 170910 1832 letter thanks Doctor Tucker for her good
070532 - wishes to recover from injuries caused by collision at 65
070533 - MPH, ref SDS 12 0W5I; and mentions news article reporting
070534 - Rafael Nadal has extended athletic career with PRP
070535 - treatment for his knees, correlating with PRP treatment
070536 - Doctor Tucker performed on left knee, and explains
070537 - treatment for plantar plate tear right foot still work in
070538 - progress, ref SDS 12 AY45; asks if PRP can treat other
070539 - injuries suffered in automobile collision. ref SDS 12 AY48
070541 - ..
070542 - [On 170913 1814 bought 2012 Ford Escape XLT to replace
070543 - Mercury Sable destroyed in traffic accident today.
070544 - ref SDS 15 KO5H
070546 - ..
070547 - [On 170914 1249 traffic accident required buying new car,
070548 - Ford Escape XLT, so paid $341 increased insurance to
070549 - include coverage for collision. ref SDS 17 7E84
070551 - ..
070552 - [On 170927 1033 delivered junk slip to Ace Towing
070553 - transferring ownership of Mercury Sable wreckage. TA
070554 - accepted this and provided bill of sale to sign; paid $500
070555 - for all storage and other fees. ref SDS 19 TN6Y
070557 - ..
070558 - [On 171005 1043 loss of Fastrak toll tag device in wreckage
070559 - of Mercury Sable on 170905, and further required notifying
070560 - Fastrak of license plate for Ford Escape that replaced the
070561 - wrecked vehicle. ref SDS 20 XO5G
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0708 - Progress
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070901 - Reported in another record earlier today, left house driving to visit
070902 - Doctor Kuchen tomorrow, with plan to stay overnight near Sherman Oaks,
070903 - and then arrive at 1330, shown in the record on 170905 2140.
070904 - ref SDS 4 KO5H From Concord, took 680 to 580, and went East to take
070905 - highway 5 South to Los Angeles.
070907 - ..
070908 - Driving at 60 - 65 mph in light traffic, after continuing on 580 past
070909 - the 205 split, and going South and near Tracy, lost control the car.
070910 - Have no actual memory of this due to concussion caused by collision
070911 - with the ground. May have swerved to miss another vehicle, animal or
070912 - something perceived on the highway, or perhaps there was a flat tire.
070914 - ..
070915 - [On 170907 1313 received call from VA Radiology Department,
070916 - reporting possible fractured rib from car collision.
070917 - ref SDS 7 MT7F
070919 - ..
070920 - [On 170908 0900 Lana performed treatment in Wound Care at
070921 - VAMCSF for injuries from car crash. ref SDS 8 K08K
070923 - ..
070924 - [On 170908 1124 drive to Ace Towing in Tracy and retrieved
070925 - personal property from Mercury Sable wreckage after
070926 - automobile accident; could not find garage door opener
070927 - remote control. ref SDS 9 KO5H
070929 - ..
070930 - [On 170910 1303 went to Home Depot and bought Chamberlain
070931 - Universal remote control for garage door opener, since
070932 - original remote was lost in wreckage from automobile
070933 - accident. ref SDS 11 F67I
070935 - ..
070936 - [On 170914 1124 Chamberlain Universal remote control
070937 - settings enabled neighbors to open garage door so purchased
070938 - Craftsman garage door remote control from Ace Hardware,
070939 - ref SDS 16 KO5H, but this also enabled neighbors to open
070940 - garage door. ref SDS 16 RE4F
070942 - ..
070943 - [On 170912 1330 meeting Doctor Stewart, Chief General
070944 - Surgery, and Doctor Lyo, Chief Surgical Resident - report
070945 - radiology studies found 3 fractured ribs, made referral to
070946 - Wound Care for hematoma left leg, Audiology and Balance to
070947 - recover from BPPV (dizziness - whiplash), and to
070948 - Neurosurgery for cranial injuries (concussion, memory
070949 - loss). ref SDS 13 RO76
070951 - ..
070952 - [On 170913 1814 bought 2012 Ford Escape XLT to replace
070953 - Mercury Sable destroyed in traffic accident today.
070954 - ref SDS 15 KO5H
070956 - ..
070957 - [On 170914 1249 traffic accident required buying a car,
070958 - Ford Escape XLT, so paid $341 increased insurance to
070959 - include coverage for collision. ref SDS 17 7E84
070961 - ..
070962 - [On 170920 0624 CHP report says car towed on officers
070963 - orders by AAA. ref SDS 18 KE30
070965 - ..
070966 - [On 180116 1339 received statement from San Joaquin General
070967 - Hospital now claiming only $756.20 of prior billing
070968 - $49,439.90 for emergency care following vehicle collision
070969 - on 170905; and so indicates VA has paid for reasonable and
070970 - necessary costs of emergency care. ref SDS 21 4B3I
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0712 - 2240
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071301 - CHP "Traffic Collision Report" #9266-2017-00933 that occurred
071302 - on 09/05/2017 time 2040, and on I580 near Tracy going South to
071303 - merge onto I5.
071305 - ..
071306 - Preparer's Name: J Witlock LD #015432 - 09/05/2017
071307 - Reviewer's Name: Michael J James 018330 - 09/13/2017
071309 - ..
071310 - This complete report was later obtained from CHP office in Pleasant
071311 - Hill on 170913 1016. ref SDS 14 KO5H
071313 - ..
071314 - Critical findings are shown in the letter to AAA on 170920 0624.
071315 - ref SDS 18 KD5T
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071319 - CHP report received at scene of accident, and before departing for
071320 - hospital...
071321 -
071322 - State of California
071323 - Department of Highway Patrol
071324 - Collision Report Information
071325 - CHP 418 (REV 905)
071326 - DATE: 9-5-17 (170905) TIME: 2240
071327 - NCIC Number: 9266 OFFICER ID NUMBER: 15432
071328 - Your vehicle was removed to
071329 -
071330 - 9266-2017-00993
071331 - Ace Towing
071332 - 385 West Larch
071333 - Tracy, CA
071334 - 209 830 0587
071336 - ..
071337 - [On 170920 0624 CHP report says car towed on officers
071338 - orders, by AAA. ref SDS 18 KE30
071340 - ..
071341 - A copy of the collision report can be obtained from the
071342 - address above and will normally be available within 8 working
071343 - days from the date of the collision. A request by mail is
071344 - preferred and must include date, time, NCIC number, and
071345 - Officer's ID number printed above.
071347 - ..
071348 - The certification for purchase information (see reverse) must
071349 - also be completed, signed and attached to your written request
071350 - with your check for payment. Make your personal check or
071351 - money order payable to the CHP for $10.
071353 - ..
071354 - Reports may also be obtained in person during office hours
071355 - stampted above.
071357 - ..
071358 - Please call to determine if the report is ready. In the event
071359 - the cost exceeds $10 you will be notified.
071361 - ..
071362 - Reports are retained 4 years.
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071367 - CHP created another report at the scene...
071368 -
071369 - State of California
071370 - Department of Highway Patrol
071371 - VEHICLE REPORT
071372 -
071373 - CHP 180 (REV. 5-16) OPI 061
071375 - ..
071376 - Note: CHP 180 is furnished to all peace officers by
071377 - California Highway Patrol
071379 - ..
071380 - Reporting Department
071381 - CHP Tracy
071383 - ..
071384 - Location Code
071385 - 9266
071387 - ..
071388 - Date/Time of Report......................... 9-5-17 2300
071390 - ..
071391 - Notice of Stored Vehicle Delivered Personally
071392 - ...[...left blank...]...
071394 - ..
071395 - File No..................................... 577
071397 - ..
071398 - Location Towed / Stolen from
071399 - E/B I-580 E/o Alameda County
071401 - ..
071402 - Odometer Reading............................ Unable
071404 - ..
071405 - VIN clear in SVS............................ Yes
071406 - Lic clear in SVS............................ Yes
071408 - ..
071409 - Date/Time Dispatch Notified................. 170905 2330
071411 - ..
071412 - Log No...................................... 476
071414 - ..
071415 - Year........................................ 2002
071416 - Make........................................ Merc
071417 - Model....................................... Sable
071418 - Body Type................................... 4 door
071419 - Color....................................... Grey
071420 - License No.................................. 4WID058
071421 - X 2
071422 - Month/Year.................................. 5.18
071423 - State....................................... CA
071424 - Vehicle Identification...................... 1MEFM50UX2A638413
071425 - Vehicle Identification...................... 1MEFM50UX2A638413
071426 - Engine Number
071427 - ...[...left blank...]...
071428 - Valuation by Officer........................ $501 - 4000
071429 - Registered Owner
071434 - ..
071435 - Legal Owner
071436 - X Same as R/O
071437 -
071438 - X Stored
071440 - ..
071441 - Towing Storage Concern
071442 - Ace Tow 395 West Larch Road, Tracy CA 93304 (Reg) 830 0587
071443 -
071444 - [On 170920 0624 CHP report says car towed by AAA on
071445 - officers orders. ref SDS 18 KE30
071447 - ..
071448 - Storage Authority/Reason
071449 - 22651 16 VC Trans
071451 - ..
071452 - Reason for Stop
071453 - Collision
071455 - ..
071456 - Airbag...................................... Yes
071457 - X 2
071459 - ..
071460 - Driveable................................... No
071462 - ..
071463 - VIN switched................................ No
071465 - ..
071466 - Condition................................... wrecked
071468 - ..
071469 - Tires....................................... cannot read officer's handwriting
071471 - ..
071472 - Release vehicle to:
071473 - X R/O or agent
071475 - ..
071476 - Garage Principal / Agent Storing Vehicle (signature)
071477 - Mario [...maybe...] Pera
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SUBJECTS
Automobile Accident Ambulance Services I-580 Driving South to I-5 Ne
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130502 - Ambulance Services Car Accident I-580 Near Tracy
130503 -
130504 - Ambulance arrived at scene.
130506 - ..
130507 - Next memory is seemed like 5 or more uniformed people standing near
130508 - the car. An ambulance care giver asked if I was alright, and could I
130509 - exit the car. Seemed like the door was open, or possibly missing
130510 - altogether.
130512 - ..
130513 - Said I think I can exit and stand up.
130515 - ..
130516 - The emergency care giver said to stay still, until he places a neck
130517 - brace before attempting to get me out of the car. He consulted with
130518 - some of the others at the scene. Minutes later I could feel the
130519 - brace being placed around my neck and shoulders.
130521 - ..
130522 - Then swung my legs out of the car and stood up normally next to the
130523 - car.
130525 - ..
130526 - An officer said "Look, the Airbag did not deploy."
130528 - ..
130529 - Glanced inside the car and noticed the Airbag compartment on the
130530 - steering wheel was intact.
130531 -
130532 - [On 170908 1127 pictures taken 3 days later appear to show
130533 - Airbag compartment on the steering wheel is intact.
130534 - ref SDS 10 WU6N
130536 - ..
130537 - Walking away from the car, noticed the car seemed severely damaged on
130538 - the front and rear. Could see inside the trunk, and everything was
130539 - pushed into the backseat, indicating very high impact. Seemed odd
130540 - that the Airbag did not deploy.
130542 - ..
130543 - Someone asked if I could climb up the sloped embankment about 20' to
130544 - reach the ambulance parked above on the side of the freeway.
130546 - ..
130547 - Said I think so.
130549 - ..
130550 - Two officers and/or ambulance attendants helped me climb up the
130551 - embankment and reach the ambulance parked along the shoulder of I-580.
130553 - ..
130554 - An ambulance attendant asked me to lay down on a gurney. Then he and
130555 - aother provider lifted me into the rear of the ambulance.
130557 - ..
130558 - Temporary dressing was placed on lower leg - could not see the injury.
130560 - ..
130561 - Vitals were taken.
130562 -
130563 - [On 180116 1339 received statement from San Joaquin General
130564 - Hospital now claiming only $756.20 of prior billing
130565 - $49,439.90 for emergency care following vehicle collision
130566 - on 170905; and so indicates VA has paid for reasonable and
130567 - necessary costs of emergency care. ref SDS 21 4B3I
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130571 - A police officer was very kind to bring the cellphone, computer c23
130572 - and keyboard. He said to the ambulance attendant that "He may want
130573 - these." I said yes, I need those things, so the ambulance attendant
130574 - agreed to accept them placing them inside the ambulance.
130576 - ..
130577 - Thanked CHP officer for salvaging critical tools.
130579 - ..
130580 - The officer also handed to the Ambulance attendant, and who then gave
130581 - to me the a small card-form recording CHP arrival and disposition at
130582 - the scene, per above. ref SDS 0 TV6J
130584 - ..
130585 - Put this form in my pants pocket with the billfold. Put cellphone in
130586 - the other pants pocket.
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130801 - Ambulance departs scene for San Joaquin General Hospital a few miles
130802 - away in French Camp, California.
130804 - ..
130805 - On the way to the hospital, the attendant riding with me in the
130806 - ambulance, asked questions about ID and address. This was likely just
130807 - to test cognition, since the team seemed to have already retrieved my
130808 - wallet and had most of this, so he was confirming.
130810 - ..
130811 - He used the cellphone to verify telephone numbers.
130813 - ..
130814 - He asked for insurance provider information.
130816 - ..
130817 - Got the VA card from wallet. This was satisfactory to the attendant,
130818 - as explained at the VA on 050610 1000. ref SDS 1 RG5N
130820 - ..
130821 - Asked to be taken to VA.
130823 - ..
130824 - Ambulance attendant said the ambulance is required to transport
130825 - patient to nearest qualified Emergency Room for evaluating and
130826 - treating life-threatening conditions.
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SUBJECTS
Accident Automobile Treatment ER San Joaquin General Hospital French
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190402 - Emergency Treatment in ER at San Joaquin General Hospital
190403 -
190404 - It was a short drive to the hospital....
190405 -
190406 - San Joaquin General Hospital
190407 - 500 West Hospital Road
190408 - French Camp, CA 95231
190409 - 209 468 6000
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190801 - At the hospital, was wheeled into ER.
190802 -
190803 - Assigned....................
190804 -
190805 - ID................... 213818834
190806 - MR (Medical Record).. 1208236
190808 - ..
190809 - The medical team transferred me from the ambulance gurney to a
190810 - hopsital gurney - simply lifted the bedding and pulled me to the
190811 - other gurney.
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190815 - ..
190816 - Met attending physician, Doctor Rebecca Wurster. Liked working with
190817 - her and the entire team. Everyone was helpful and timely.
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190824 - Someone removed the neck brace applied at the scene of the accident,
190825 - per above. ref SDS 0 I064
190826 -
190827 - [On 180116 1339 received statement from San Joaquin General
190828 - Hospital now claiming only $756.20 of prior billing
190829 - $49,439.90 for emergency care following vehicle collision
190830 - on 170905; and so indicates VA has paid for reasonable and
190831 - necessary costs of emergency care. ref SDS 21 4B3I
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190834 - ..
190835 - My shirt was in tatters, so it was pulled loose and thrown away.
190837 - ..
190838 - Wallet and cellphone were removed from pants pocket and set on a
190839 - counter next to the gurnery. Pants were not removed, since legs were
190840 - short enough for access to perform wound care on left leg.
190842 - ..
190843 - CT of head and neck was performed to test for neurological injury.
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191201 - A nurse, Jerry, set an IV in right arm, and blood was drawn.
191202 -
191203 - Lab results are reported in another record today on 170905 2350.
191204 - ref SDS 5 RP4N Main finding elevated WBC 11.9, shows body already
191205 - fighting infection. ref SDS 5 LY7F
191207 - ..
191208 - Immediate concern was large gash on lower left leg, similar but much
191209 - larger than hematoma wound hiking Half Dome on 150916 0535.
191210 - ref SDS 2 O87H
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191215 - This was dressed to aid healing.
191217 - ..
191218 - Doctor Wurster ordered large section of loose skin to be kept in
191219 - place, rather than removed. A nurse stapled the skin along a 9"
191220 - perimeter with about 6 staples. The doctor explained this may allow
191221 - skin to regrow, and so avoid debridement.
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191225 - ..
191226 - Medical team reported no findings of injuries - initial assessment
191227 - just scratches and bruises - very lucky.
191229 - ..
191230 - CT results: Doctor Wurster advised there are no findings of
191231 - head/spine/neurological damage.
191233 - ..
191234 - Diagnosis of severe pain on back was pulled muscle from tumbling,
191235 - twisting and jarring during crash. There is a significant abrasion at
191236 - the middle of the back and below the neck...
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191241 - ..
191242 - [On 170906 0010 continued care for injuries from car
191243 - collision with medical team at San Joaquin General Hospital
191244 - in French Camp, California. ref SDS 6 KO5H
191246 - ..
191247 - [On 170906 0010 at 1812 received discharge documents and
191248 - left San Joaquin General Hospital for continuing care at
191249 - VAMCSF. ref SDS 6 PQ3R
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