Germantown Valet Saves Teens Life
A young valet for a Germantown restaurant is being hailed as a life-saver after a teenager’s leg was severed by a train.
Igor Kobas, who is 21, told The Commercial Appeal he heard people screaming as a slow-moving train passed and went to see what the commotion was. Kobas saw 15-year-old Caleb Roedel with a leg missing below the knee.
Kobas said the paramedics were on the other side of the track, blocked by the train, so he took off his belt and wrapped it around the youth’s leg, slowing the flow of blood.
The boy’s father, Kevin Roedel, said his son is in stable condition and will be in the hospital for about a week. Doctors were not able to reattach the boy’s leg.
