Colleton County Fire-Rescue

11/21/2015

21/November/2015 – MVC with Entrapment & Air Evac – “C” Shift

Incident # 15-06792 – A 28 year old Round O woman miraculously survived a high speed MVC in the 6800 block of Sidneys Road Saturday morning 21-November. At 01:28 Fire-Rescue units were dispatched to the vicinity after a residence called 9-1-1 and advised he was awaken by a loud crash and could hear a car horn. Firefighter-Paramedics arrived to find a single car off of the roadway with massive damage and broken into two pieces. The female driver was still seat belted in the driver’s seat, the only intact place in the vehicle. A bystander was comforting her. Crews quickly determined she was suffering from multiple traumatic injuries and requested a medical helicopter to respond. The patient’s legs were trapped in the wreckage, but with most of the vehicle gone, crews were able to manipulate the seat and extricate the woman without the use of hydraulic tools. A landing zone was set up in a field near the intersection of Sidneys Road and Round O Road. LifeNet 4 responded to the location. The patient was transferred to the flight crew without incident, then flown to the Trauma Center at MUSC in Charleston. The car had been traveling north on Sidneys Road when it left the roadway in a curve and struck a tree. The SC Highway Patrol is investigating the accident.

Engine 19, Medic 19, Rescue 1, Battalion 1, Car 109 and Car 118 responded. Battalion Chief Ben Heape served as Incident Commander.

 
 
   

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