The Advertiser<\/a> she did not immediately recognise Modra when she first saw him. <\/p>\nShe said Modra was \u201cholding his face\u201d while \u201cblood was coming through his hand\u201d. <\/p>\n
She said Modra was in a state of \u201cabsolute shock\u201d. <\/p>\n
While trying to stop the blood coming from the 57-year-old\u2019s head, she said she made several runs back to her car to get more tissues to apply to the wound, saying Modra was \u201cbleeding really badly\u201d. <\/p>\n
Cameron told the publication she could hear Erica\u2019s voice coming through the vehicle\u2019s bluetooth system. describing her as \u201cvery distraught\u201d. <\/p>\n
Erica earlier praised the first emergency responders who next arrived at the scene.<\/p>\n
In a text message she wrote to Modra\u2019s former teammate Mark Ricciuto, she said she wanted to thank those that she believes helped save her husband\u2019s life. <\/p>\n
Ricciuto, a Crows legend-turned Fox Footy analyst, shared the text message while speaking on his Triple M Breakfast with Roo, Ditts & Loz show. <\/p>\n
Ricciuto was clearly emotional as he read out the message and needed a moment to compose himself as he discussed their friendship. <\/p>\n
\u201cShe (Erica) just wants to say, a very big thankyou to the first responders, Sarah and Anthony, who saved his life,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n
\u201cAnd helped talk through to Erica while things were going down. She wants to thank the MFS (Metropolitan Fire Service) and the emergency personnel at the Victor Harbor hospital, who stabilised him and got him sorted. <\/p>\n
\u201cAnd the intensive care team who took control and looked after him. She just wants to thank\u2026 there\u2019s people ringing her and she obviously can\u2019t get back to everyone. She\u2019s a bit overwhelmed with everything. <\/p>\n
\u201cShe wants to say thank you to all the people in WA as well. I\u2019ll continue to try and update you. I\u2019ve got lots of messages here so it\u2019s hard for me to keep doing it. <\/p>\n
\u201cShe said he\u2019s going all right. It\u2019s pretty amazing that he\u2019s got through it. <\/p>\n
\u201cShe said to me before he\u2019s not going to be the same good looking Tony Modra. He\u2019s going to have some scars. I said he can be like us for once instead of being good looking as he always has been.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo, he\u2019s going OK and we\u2019re fingers crossed he\u2019s going to get through it OK. She just wanted to thank everyone on the scene. <\/p>\n
\u201cIt wasn\u2019t a good place to be by the sounds of it. They got through it. He\u2019s in a reasonable position at this stage.\u201d<\/p>\n
It comes as FIVEAA radio presenter Jess Adamson also reported on information she received from SA Health. <\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re hearing that he\u2019s rallying, and that there are some encouraging signs, which is the best news,\u201d she said. <\/p>\n
Earlier, South Australian Police shared a brief statement. <\/p>\n
\u201cA truck driver has been seriously injured after a crash at Back Valley,\u201d SA Police said.<\/p>\n
\u201cAbout 5.15pm on Thursday 18 June, police and emergency services responded to reports of that a truck had crashed into a tree on Range Road, Back Valley, about 10 kilometres west of Victor Harbor.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe driver and sole occupant of the truck, a 57-year-old Waitpinga man, was taken to hospital for treatment for serious injuries.<\/p>\n
\u201cTraffic restrictions were in place for several hours, however the road has since fully reopened.\u201d<\/p>\n
Modra has lived in Waitpinga for most of his post-footy life, sharing a home with wife Erica, 18-year-old daughter Hayley May and son Luke, 14.<\/p>\n
From an era when full forwards ruled the AFL, Modra didn\u2019t have the same imposing physical presence as heavyweights like Tony Lockett, Jason Dunstall and Gary Ablett but what he lacked in stature he made up for with his incredible leap.<\/p>\n
A winner of the league\u2019s mark of the year on three occasions, images of Modra sitting on the heads of opposition players are etched in footy history.<\/p>\n
He exploded on the competition in 1993, kicking 129 goals as the Crows made a preliminary final in just their third season in the AFL, finishing just behind Ablett in an epic three-way tussle for the Coleman Medal where Dunstall also topped 120 for the season.<\/p>\n
Modra was the league\u2019s pin-up boy during this time, beloved just as much by female fans and a sensation in Adelaide where he known as \u201cGodra\u201d.<\/p>\n
He would go on to claim his first and only Coleman Medal in 1997 before his season was ruined by a knee injury that denied him a chance to play in Adelaide\u2019s maiden premiership.<\/p>\n
He was unable to force his way back into the Crows\u2019 best side the following season too and images of him missing out on the ultimate glory broke the hearts of fans everywhere.<\/p>\n
After not being selected for the 1998 Grand Final, Modra and the Crows parted way and he spent the final three seasons at Fremantle, where he could still take the occasional screamer and kick a bag of goals – but wasn\u2019t the same player.<\/p>\n
He finished his career with 588 goals from 165 games and was a two-time All-Australian.<\/p>\n
It wasn\u2019t long before his relationship with the Crows was back on solid footing – and he became a regular fixture around the club in ambassadorial roles.<\/p>\n
You can read more details about the crash at adelaidenow.com.au<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tony Modra had blood pouring from his head through his hands when the first person arrived at the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":34598,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[395,4555],"class_list":["post-34597","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-adelaide","tag-adelaide","tag-ncaeditorialkayoprogram"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34597","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34597"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34597\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34598"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34597"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34597"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34597"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}