Auto Accident with Entrapment, Sadsbury Township
 
By Fire Chief Adam Grossman
November 26, 2014
 

On Wednesday November 26th, 2014 at 1308 hours the Sadsburyville Fire Company, Keystone Rescue and Ambulance 08 and Medic 93 were dispatched to the 3000 block of Lincoln Highway across street Old Mill Road in Sadsbury Township for an auto accident with entrapment.

At 1310 hours Assistant Chief Reynolds arrived and assumed Lincoln Highway Command. Fire police were requested from Keystone, Westwood and Wagontown to close down a portion of Old Mill Road.

Engine 31-1 arrived at 1314 hours and immediately began an assessment of the rescue needs. To open the vehicle for patient packaging it was determined the car doors and roof would need to be removed. Firefighters went into service with Hurst hydraulic rescue tools to accomplish these tasks in coordination with the EMS crews on scene.

At 1333 hours the extrication was complete and the patients were transported to local hospitals for further evaluation. Firefighters cleaned up the extrication process and returned to quarters at 1351 hours.
 
Units: Engine 31-1, Engine 31-2, 12 Volunteers
 
Mutual Aid: Rescue 08, Ambulance 08-1 and 08-2, Traffic 08, Traffic 44, Medic 93
 
Captain Brecht begins to remove a door from the drivers side of the vehicle.
Captain Brecht begins to remove a door from the drivers side of the vehicle.
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Engine 31-1 blocks the scene from oncoming traffic.
Engine 31-1 blocks the scene from oncoming traffic.
Sadsburyville Firefighters work together to free two patients trapped in a vehicle on Lincoln Highway.
Sadsburyville Firefighters work together to free two patients trapped in a vehicle on Lincoln Highway.
 
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The vehicle was opened up for patient packaging by removing the doors and roof.
The vehicle was opened up for patient packaging by removing the doors and roof.