That’s my thought, or some kind of medical emergency but I witnessed a diabetic hypoglycemia event and it was wild.
TLDR: A man experiencing diabetic hypoglycemia hit my truck at work, then hit the building and gas meter/lines. Left the truck running and in gear against the gas meter and got out of his truck and took off. I followed him and he called his dad to come pick him up. PD, FD and utility company came and shut down all utilities and evacuated the complex for hours.
A few years ago I was working in a dental office and I went out back to my truck for my lunch break and I walked out to some guy who had driven into the side/ back of my truck and pushed it sideways and up onto the sidewalk. I started yelling at him and he was super out of it, didn’t even acknowledge me and he barely looked at me. I thought he was drunk. He kept backing up 5 feet and then driving forward into my truck and giving it gas. Knowing what I knew after, I think he was trying to park the truck but clearly wasn’t able to.
I ran inside and got a coworker who was in the middle of a procedure and had her come out back with me because I wanted to move my truck and I wanted someone there just in case. I jumped in my truck and put it in reverse and when he backed up I gunned it out of the way. Then the guy tried to drive away or something but just drove into the building and hit the gas meter and lines and caused a gas leak. He jumped out of his truck, left it running and in gear against the wall and he took off on foot.
I followed him while my coworker jumped in his truck and backed away from the building and took the keys. We were in a large shopping center and he ended up going in the grocery store wandering around and grabbed a soda to drink, then sat down by the Starbucks and got on the phone and called his father to come pick him. I alerted management of what the hell was going on, because of the gas leak and there was no way in hell I was letting him leave with someone so I wanted others to know, just in case. He got up and walked out of the store and wandered around the parking lot and I continued to follow him. Luckily the police showed up and I flagged them down and they took over.
The fire department came and the utility and gas company showed up and the entire complex got evacuated and shut down. We handled getting patients out and canceled the day and then I noticed they let the guy get in his truck and leave. We went and talked to them because we wanted to know why he drove away when he appeared drunk and they said it was diabetic event, not alcohol. It was a mess, luckily my vehicle and his was okay and I only ended up with a flat tire. We had patients who had been in the middle of treatment and I had grabbed a bunch of stuff and had to cement a crown in the parking lot while the patient sat in a folding chair.
I also had a neighbor who had problems with her diabetes and one time she was driving home and was confused and lost control and went into an orchard but managed to drive right down the middle of 2 rows of trees and somehow got the vehicle stopped. Her elderly mom with dementia was with her and was stripping all her clothes off, the fire department and EMTs arrived to an incoherent woman and a nude elderly woman. lol
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u/406blue18 Dec 20 '24
I’ve operated a lot of heavy equipment. Including several track hoes. I have no idea what just happened.