Serious Motorycle Accident With One Flown

 
By Public Information Officer (PIO) Jonathan Riffe
June 22, 2014
 

Sunday June 22, 2014 at 1609 hours, the Huntingtown VFD was alerted for the serious motorcycle accident at Route 2 & Pushaw Station Road. The Fire Chief (Montgomery), Assistant Chief (Spriggs), Rescue Squad (Capt Montgomery), Engine 62 (Cox) & Ambulance 69 (Lt Jeffery) responded on the call. Units arrived on location and found a motorcyclist that had rear-ended a passenger vehicle. The motorcyclist was thrown off the bike landing in a drainage ditch. As a result, the patient was suffering from a serious head injury and multi-traumatic injuries. The crew from the Rescue Squad & Ambulance assisted with patient care and Engine 62 established a Landing Zone. The patient was flown to a local trauma center. Units from the Huntingtown VFD returned to service at 1700 hours.