Auto Accident with entrapment in Huntingtown

 
By Assistant Chief Jonathan Riffe
February 10, 2005
 

On Thursday February 10, 2005 at 1427 hours, Company 6 and Ambulance 5 (Dunkirk) were alerted for the auto accident at Mill Branch and Huntingtown Road. First arriving, EMS Captain 6 (Mckenny) found a single-vehicle on it's side with one patient trapped. Squad 6 (F/F Nasti) and Ambulance 68 (EMT Rountree) arrived on location and Command was assumed by the officer of Squad 6. The crew from the Squad utilized the Paratech Air Shores and step cribbing to stabilize the vehicle. The rear window was then removed so the patient could be extricated by units on the scene. The patient was packaged and loaded for transport to PG Shock Trauma due to mechanism of injury. Squad 6 handled the Landing Zone at the scene and Command was terminated at 1506 hours.

 
Units: EMS Captain 6, Squad 6, Ambulance 68
 
Mutual Aid: Ambulance 5