On Friday night, November 3, 2006 at 2252 hours, the Huntingtown Volunteers along with Engine 151 (Navy Base) and the Medic Unit were alerted to Route 4 and Ponds Wood Road for the serious auto accident involving a pedestrian. Chief 6A (Riffe), Chief 6B (Hayes), Chief 6C (Spriggs), Squad 6 (Lt Montgomery), Engine 62 (Lt Thrasher), Ambulance 68 (Muholland), and Ambulance 69 (Inscoe, D) responded with 22 volunteers and arrived on location to find the same. A vehicle traveling down Route 4 struck a pedestrian throwing the subject approximately one hundred feet. Sadly, the pedestrian suffered severe traumatic injuries and was pronounced by EMS units on the scene. The driver of the vehicle was uninjured and signed a medical release. The incident was quickly scaled back and turned over to the Accident Reconstruction Team.
