Truck v. Tree---One flown in Huntingtown

 
By Chief Jonathan Riffe
August 18, 2007
 

18 minutes before midnight on Saturday August 18, 2007, the Huntingtown Volunteers were alerted for the auto accident on Valley Lane in Sunderland. Chief 6 (Riffe), Chief 6B (Montgomery), Chief 6C (Hayes), Squad 6 (Hildwine), Engine 62 (Capt Patin), Ambulance 68 (Dickerson), and Ambulance 69 (Inscoe, D) arrived at 1930 Valley Lane to find a pick-up truck that struck a tree head-on at approximately 40 mph. The patient had just been extricated by bystanders prior to fire department arrival but was complaining of severe head and chest pains along with being disoriented. Crews packaged the single patient into the ambulance and transported to the Landing Zone at Sunderland Elementary. The patient was flown to PG Shock Trauma. Medic 104 was also alerted to the call. Huntingtown units cleared at 0034 hours.