A man filmed a heart-wrenching farewell to his family as he lay on the road covered in blood after a motorcycle accident. Kevin Diepenbrock recorded the video with his mobile phone after the crash near the Tennessee-North Carolina border, which killed his friend.
When it seemed like help was nowhere in sight, Diepenbrock didn’t want to die without saying his goodbyes, reports Washington Post.In the video he says:
‘Hey everybody, I f*cked up, that’s all I can really say. At about 10.30 this morning. Been laying here ever since. About 50ft down in the ravine. I just wanted to say I love you guys. Sorry I was being stupid, but you know that’s what I do.’
But the 41-year-old’s cries for help were finally heard when a couple pulled over to get a drink. He told the newspaper:
‘I don’t know how anybody could have heard me. Nobody stopped… I had moved just a little bit. I tried pulling myself over with a limb at one point, but I think at that point there was too much pain, and I passed out. I pretty much couldn’t move.’
Diepenbrock tried to text his friends and family, but the message didn’t send. That’s when he decided to record the videos. A couple eventually found the man with the help of a nearby shop owner, Joshua Johnson. He was airlifted to hospital after he was hauled out of the embankment by a rescue team.