Overturned Vehicle With One Trapped in Plum Point

 
By Deputy Fire Chief Jonathan Riffe
January 15, 2013
 

Tuesday January 15, 2013 at 1652 hours, the Huntingtown Volunteers were alerted for the overturned vehicle with confirmed entrapment at Route 4 & Plum Point Road. Squad 6 (Lt Montgomery), Engine 62 (Cox), Ambulance 69 (Gaylor), the Fire Chief (Morris), Assistant Chief (Montgomery), Deputy Fire Chief (Riffe), Safety Officer (McKenny), Captain (Clark) & Rescue Lieutenant (Ward) arrived on location and found an overturned SUV in a ravine with the driver trapped. The members aboard Squad 6 went to work stabilizing the vehicle as well as extricating the patient by removing the driver's side door with the HURST Spreaders. Engine 62 protected the patient and responders with a charged attack line. The driver was transported to Calvert Memorial Hospital. Units from Huntingtown returned to service at 1732 hours.

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