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A farmer from Climax says there wasn’t much time to think as he rescued a one-and-a-half-year-old baby girl named Teya from a burning van.
Cody Glenn saw what he called a “horrific crash” when two vehicles collided west of Harris on Highway 7 on March 26. Glenn said he stopped his truck and walked across the highway towards a smoking van and an SUV that was in the ditch. As he got closer to the van, he said he could hear a baby crying inside.
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“The floor was on fire and smoking, so I knew that I had to do something quick,” Glenn told 650 CKOM.
“I tried to get the baby out, but the door wouldn’t open, so I pulled on the door until the glass broke (but) I couldn’t get her out of her car seat.”
Glenn said he pulled out his knife and cut the car seat, pulling the baby free before the van was engulfed in flames.
After he got the child out of the van, he said two women approached him and offered to help, and gave him a blanket for the baby.
“I wrapped her in a blanket, took her into my truck and then made sure that she was OK,” Glenn said.
Glenn said another person, who happened to be a pediatric nurse also stopped to help. He said they ran over to help calm the baby down and make sure she was doing well as they waited for the ambulance.
“The floor was on fire and smoking, so I knew that I had to do something quick,” Cody Glenn told 650 CKOM. (Saskatchewan Barley Development Commission)
“I think we’ll stay in touch for the rest of our lives,” Glenn said about the pediatric nurse.
Teya’s parents, 37-year-old Mykyta and 33-year-old Inna, identified only by their first names in an online fundraiser, were killed in the crash. Family members declined an interview request from 650 CKOM.
The driver and passenger in the SUV were also treated for minor injuries, according to the RCMP.
Glenn said he has since met with the baby’s uncle, who is from Montreal, and her two grandmothers, who are from Ukraine. He has also visited Teya since the crash.
He said “it was great” to see the baby again, noting she is doing well despite having a cast on her leg, as well as bruises and lacerations on the back of her head.
When asked what made him stop at the crash scene, Glenn said it was “just humanity.”
“I don’t think anybody could have just driven by that,” he said.
Glenn said he doesn’t think the experience has changed him as a person, and he believes others would have done the same thing in a similar situation.
“I’m just glad that we could make the best of it, and in a very unfortunate situation,” Glenn said. “At least the baby’s OK.”
Teya’s uncle has launched an online fundraiser to help raise money to cover the family’s emergency expenses following the sudden loss. More than $29,000 has been raised so far.
According to the fundraiser, the family dog, Casper, was also involved in the crash, but survived.
–with files from 650 CKOM’s Brittany Caffet
