| Monday October 22, 2007 at 0733 hours, the Huntingtown Volunteers and Ambulance 58 (Dunkirk), were alerted to 1050 Ponds Wood Road for the auto accident. Chief 6B (Montgomery), Squad 6 (Osbourn), Engine 62 (Bowen, D), and Ambulance 69 (Gadway, J) quickly responded. While en route, Communications advised they had received supplemental information advising the vehicle was overturned with entrapment. This brought Squad 5 and the Medic Unit to the call.
Huntingtown units arrived to find a pick-up truck off the roadway with the driver trapped. The crew from Squad 6 split into two teams. One crew utilized the 32" rams and "Maverick" tool to remove the passenger side door to gain access to the patient. The second crew utilized the Paratech struts to stabilize the vehicle. Squad 5 arrived, assisted with stabilization and removal of the driver. The patient was flown to PG Shock Trauma. Landing Zone was handled by Engine 62 and remaining units cleared at 0802 hours.
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