OSCEOLA, Iowa (WRN) — A Wisconsin congressman aided in a roadside rescue over the weekend.
Representative Derrick Van Orden was involved in the rescue of an 11-year-old boy near Osceola, Iowa on Saturday. The 3rd District Republican told news outlets that he and his wife were driving on Interstate 35 when he observed a minivan crash into a semi-truck on the side of the road, a crash he described as horrific and gruesome.
Van Orden, a former Navy Seal, said he parked his car and ran to the scene, where an 11-year-old boy was severely injured and bleeding. Van Orden, assisted by others, used socks from his luggage to apply tourniquets to stop the bleeding.
The boy was airlifted to a Des Moines hospital where Van Orden visited him on Monday and said he was thanked by the boy’s father.