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The Man Who Caused Your Crash Then Tried to Steal Your Rescue — What You Do in the Next 72 Hours Changes Everything It is a few days past midnight on a Friday on I-75 in Hernando County, Florida. You were on the road, going where you were going, and a pickup truck driven by a man who should never have been behind the wheel crossed into your lane, struck your vehicle, and flipped into the woods. Your vehicle was crushed. You and someone you love were severely injured. First responders arrived and shut down the northbound lanes so an aeromedical helicopter could land — that helicopter was the difference between you and a ground ambulance ride of more than an hour to a trauma center. And while the medics were preparing you for transport, while you were trapped and bleeding and conscious enough to see what was about to happen, the man who caused the crash walked toward that helicopter and tried to take it. He is now charged with burglary of an occupied conveyance and three counts of resisting without violence. He is in the Hernando County Detention Center. You are in a hospital room. If that is…