A nine-month-old Ohio baby was found at the roadside after falling from a van during a high-speed police chase.

According to a police report released last month, an individual at a Walmart near Toledo called 911 after recognizing Zachary Chervenka, who was wanted by officials on an arrest warrant.

The witness spotted the 32-year-old from Butler, Indiana, in the driver’s seat of a vehicle, with a five-year-old and a nine-month-old baby in the backseat while his wife loaded the car with groceries.

A police officer approached Chervenka and saw the suspect speed off to speeds of 100mph, as he left his wife for dust.

“He’s heading southbound on South Main. High rates of speed, juvenile in the car,” a police officer said in dash cam footage.

“I think he blew a tyre. We’re heading southbound on 127. Be advised, the door’s open. We’re turning right on the first road into – past the 15 and 127 split.”

Zachary Chervenka had two arrest warrants (City of Bryan Police Department)

During the police chase, the younger child was ejected out of the vehicle as Chervenka took a sharp turn – something officers did not see.

Video footage, captured from the perspective of the police car chasing, sees the child hitting the side of the highway still strapped to the car seat.

The baby even bounced multiple times, all while Chervenka was able to escape as the chase was called off due to poor weather conditions.

As per court documents, Chervenka sped through eight major intersections and failed to stop at nine stop signs.

He apparently continued driving recklessly for around 15 minutes after the baby fell from the van.

The child was taken to a nearby hospital for treatment of serious injuries, while the five-year-old was later located by police.

“The reckless actions of the defendant placed multiple lives, including those juveniles, at significant risk of serious injury or death,” a criminal information summary stated.

The baby was found roadside (City of Bryan Police Department)

Chervenka contacted his wife to inform her he had dropped the older child off at a friend’s house and detailed where the younger child was ejected.

The nine-month-old was found an hour later, still in the car seat.

Chervenka has been charged with fleeing law enforcement and two counts of child endangerment, while online court records show his two arrest warrants were for charges of obstruction of justice, identity deception, and theft, on top of resisting law enforcement and criminal recklessness.

UNILAD has contacted the City of Bryan Police Department for further comment.

A woman ended up cheating death after being internally decapitated in a horrific car crash.

Rachel Bailey was left fighting for her life after a collision on Cave Creek Road in Phoenix in September 2011.

The then-23-year-old had her skull torn from her spine in the incident, but avoided being left paralyzed thanks to the speedy actions of firefighters who rushed to the scene.

The impact of the crash ruptured ligaments in Rachel’s neck and even forced the base of her skull off her spine, so it’s remarkable she was able to survive.

Speaking of the injury that left her in intensive care for a month, Rachel told Arizona TV station 3TV: “I just thought, ‘I’m not going to let this beat me, I’m not going to let this define me.'”

Rachel Bailey was left fighting for her life (AZ Family)

What saved the Phoenix woman was the fact her spinal cord remained intact, which allowed doctors to reconstruct her neck.

Rachel was placed in a coma and underwent six surgeries as a result of the crash.

The type of injuries that cause such often involve severe nerve damage or even the severing of the spinal cord, which typically results in paralysis or death.

Fortunately, she managed to escape that reality and even gained the ability to walk and talk after a lengthy recovery process.

Doctors couldn’t quite believe Rachel’s miraculous recovery, with the young woman putting it down to the fact that she was physically strong as well as having enough muscle around her neck to prevent the decapitation.

She later had dinner with the Phoenix firefighters who helped save her life.

Speaking to TODAY’s Jenna Wolfe, Rachel said: “I wanted to know who saved me. I wanted to thank them and I wanted to honor them.”

She suffered horrific injuries (AZ Family)

Reflecting on the crash, she added: “I can’t change it. you can’t ever change the past, only the future. My energy level is high. I’m ready to take on the world.”

Rachel concluded: “What I got from this whole accident is to live is to give, so if I’m not a giving back, if I’m not volunteering at the hospital that saved my life, I’m not living at all.

“I’m not going to let this beat me or define me.”

Rachel’s story has recently resurfaced after being posted by the Morbid Knowledge Twitter account.

One social media user wrote: “The way humans are able to survive is nothing sort of miraculous.”

While someone else praised: “Just looked up a video of her on The Today Show and she is an amazing young woman.”

A mom from Ohio went through the tragedy of losing her limbs after she let her pet dog lick her.

It’s quite common for dog owners to be greeted by lots of kisses in the form of many licks whenever they walk through the door.

But for Marie Trainer, such event had life-changing consequences.

Marie had just returned from a dream tropical vacation in spring 2019 when she received a warm welcome from her beloved pooch.

After an initial encounter with her dog, Marie didn’t think twice about a small cut on her hand.

However, her health took a turn for the worse in the days that followed.

Marie Trainer had just returned home from holiday (Marie Trainer)

Marie’s husband, Matt Trainer, noticed that her health quickly deteriorate so urged her to get checked out at a local hospital.

“I wasn’t feeling well and just got sicker and sicker,” Marie explained.

It was a good job Marie sought medical attention as her health continued to decline.

She fell into a coma after going into hospital, with subsequent tests concluding Marie had contracted a rare infection from bacteria called capnocytophaga canimorsus.

Medics believe the bacteria entered Marie’s immune system after her dog licked the open wound on her hand.

That is because the bacteria is commonly found in the salvia of both cats and dogs.

While it’s extremely rare, capnocytophaga bacteria can cause serious issues such as sepsis, heart attacks, kidney failure, severe blood clots and gangrene.

Thankfully, Marie did survive the terrible ordeal, but she did lose both of her legs and arms after they had been amputated.

Dr Ajay Seth, who treated Marie, told Fox News: “It was just rapidly progressing where her hands and feet were turning black.”

Marie contracted a rare infection from bacteria called capnocytophaga canimorsus (Marie Trainer)

Despite being advised to amputate all four limbs at the torso, Dr Seth was determined to save as much as possible.

Marie ultimately had both of her legs amputated up to her knees while doctors were also able to save large parts of her arms.

While it was a better outcome than first feared, it doesn’t mean that life hasn’t been difficult for the Ohio mom since.

“It’s been challenging,” she admitted. “Learning how to walk was the hardest thing, but I’m good, I’m doing good.”

Marie has since been fitted with myoelectric prosthetics, allowing her to enjoy activities such as gardening again.

“We see the light at the end of the tunnel, we just adjust what we have to do, it just takes more planning when we want to do something,” husband Matt said.

The family of a man who had been diagnosed with cancer is suing an Oregon hospital for almost $1,000,000 after his face allegedly caught fire while he lay awake for a surgery.

John Michael Murdoch visited the Oregon Health & Science University to undergo surgery in December 2022, after he had been diagnosed with a form of cancer in his tongue called squamous cell carcinoma.

Murdoch was set to undergo a tracheostomy, which would create a hole in his neck for him to breathe through, but his face allegedly caught fire when a spark from a surgical tool ignited alcohol which was being used for the procedure.

One of the surgeons has been named in the lawsuit (Getty Stock Photo)

Now Murdoch’s wife, Toni Murdoch, has filed a $900,000 lawsuit which claims the tool had a history of sparking and that the spark was fueled by the use of oxygen and unevaporated isopropyl alcohol.

According to the lawsuit, Murdoch was ‘awake and conscious’ when the fire broke out. The patient suffered scars, swelling and wounds to his face due to the alleged incident, the lawsuit also claims.

Though he was unable to speak clearly at the time, his wife says he was able to express the trauma he went through.

Murdoch lived with his wounds for six months before he died of his cancer in June 2023.

Ron Cheng, the lawyer who filed the lawsuit last month, said to The Oregionian the alleged incident is one that ‘never should have happened’.

A spokesperson for the Oregon Health & Science University, and the physician listed in the lawsuit, Dr. Adam Howard, have declined to respond to the matter due to patient privacy laws.

Murdoch passed away in June 2023 (Family Handout)

Records from Oregon Medical Board show Howard became licensed to practice medicine in Oregon in 2022, The Oregonian further reports.

In January 2024, Howard’s medical license switched to ‘Lapsed’ status.

Though Cheng has argued the incident should have ‘never happened’, the Emergency Care Research Institute has reported that an estimated 90 to 100 surgical fires take place in the United States each year.

The Joint Commission, an organization which works to improve patient safety, has warned of three elements which can increase the risk of a fire: oxygen, ignition sources and fuel.

Toni Murdoch’s lawsuit alleges all three of these elements were present when the fire started.

As well as his wife, the Oregon man is survived by his parents, step-children, brother, sister-in-law, nieces and nephews.