Colleton County Fire-Rescue

12/03/2020

03/December/2020 - High Speed MVC - "A" Shift

Incident # 20-08286 - A 19 year old Hampton County girl received multiple traumatic injuries in a single car high speed MVC in the 2300 block of Ashton Road Thursday morning 03-December at 08:27. The south bound car failed to negotiate a curve, entered the ditch and struck a driveway culvert causing heavy damage to the vehicle. The unrestrained driver was thrown to the passenger side of the car following impact. Firefighter-Paramedics arrived a few minutes later and began treating the patient. Locally based CARE FLight was tied up on another incident and was not available. The patient was extricated from the car and transported emergent in Medic 18 to the Trauma Center at Trident Medical Center in North Charleston. The SC Highway Patrol is investigating the accident. 

Engine 3, Engine 15, Medic 18, Rescue 1 and Battalion 1 responded. Captain Matthew Owens Williams Jr. served as Incident Commander.  
 
 
   
   
   

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