Woman with a “sweet tooth” can’t forget the paramedic’s question after a car accident

A woman has shared the question a paramedic asked her after a car accident that left her stunned.

Two photos shared by Megan McBurney (@meganmcburney) recently went viral on TikTok, garnering over 743,000 views.

The Oct. 8 post shows McBurney standing in the mirror and posing for the camera, followed by a picture of her smashed Mini Cooper. The text above the first photo reads: “One thing I will never forget about my car accident,” followed by “The paramedic asked me if I had diabetes because he found chocolate in my car.”

The 25-year-old said Newsweek: “At the time I was shocked by everything that had happened, so I didn’t really think much about it, but the next day I thought about it all and it made me giggle.”

The primary school teacher from Belfast, Northern Ireland, was involved in a car accident in September 2019.

“I was driving on a back road on a Saturday morning and the weather was terrible. As I turned the corner, I went into a puddle, hydroplaned right into a wall and managed to flip my car, landing upside down in the middle of the road,” McBurney said. “I had to crawl out of my driver’s shattered window and somehow escaped with cuts, bruises and whiplash.”

McBurney was fortunate to leave the scene without major injuries, but the same cannot be said for thousands of American drivers. The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) states that there are over 5,891,000 vehicle accidents each year. Approximately 21 percent of these accidents – nearly 1,235,000 – are weather-related.

Most of these accidents occur on wet roads and in the rain. In contrast, fewer accidents occur in winter conditions such as snow or sleet or on icy roads.

In the comments, McBurney explained to other users what happened, but the main purpose of the video was not to raise awareness about car accidents. She told Newsweek that she shared the post as part of a diabetes trend going viral online.

At the time of writing, the clip, with the caption “Just a girl with a sweet tooth,” had more than 78,000 likes and over 230 comments.

“I’m sorry but I was spitting with laughter,” one user wrote, and another wrote: “Funny yes, but also valid because when you need medication for treatment or something and you’re diabetic, there are a few things that that can’t be given to you.”

“I didn’t expect that,” a third user added, and McBurney commented: “As if my car rolling over wasn’t traumatic enough.”

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