Police Revive Clinton Township Motorist After Accident

Three Farmington Hills police officers responding to a traffic accident Monday morning revived a 40-year-old Clinton Township man who was unresponsive, according to a police report.

Officers Nick West, Lindsey South and Brian Rohrer were dispatched to the area of Orchard Lake and Interstate 696 about 6:10 a.m., where the discovered a driver slumped over the wheel of a 2008 Chevrolet Trailblazer, which had struck a utility pole.

The doors to the vehicle were locked.

West broke out the passenger side window of the vehicle and placed the vehicle in park to stop the wheels from spinning. West, Rohrer and South, a licensed paramedic, removed the driver from the vehicle and immediately discovered that he was in cardiac arrest and began cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR).

The officers then deployed an automatic external defibrillator (AED), standard equipment in all Farmington Hills police cars.

They used the AED device to shock subject twice, determined that the subject had a heartbeat and was breathing on his own.

He received further treatment at the scene by the Farmington Hills Fire Department and was transported to Beaumont Hospital-Farmington Hills.