| Friday April 17, 2009 at 1409 hours, Chief 6A (Montgomery), Chief 6C (Morris), Safety Officer 6 (McKenny), Squad 6 (Capt Collins), and Ambulance 68 (Montgomery Jr) were alerted for the school-bus accident at Route 4 and Hospital Road. Units arrived to find two loaded school buses and one passenger vehicle involved. A triage area was set up where 55 victims were evaluated. A total of 20 patients were transported between Calvert Memorial and Civista Medical with non-life threatening injuries. The other 35 students were released and taken to their original destination in a third bus. Squad 6 assisted with triaging, boarding, and collaring approximately 15 patients from Bus # 83. Ambulance 68 transported two patients to Calvert Memorial Hospital. Units from the Huntingtown VFD remained on the scene until 1520 hours.
Pictures courtesy of member, Dennis Hook: www.dennishook.smugmug.com |
