Colleton County Fire-Rescue

7/26/2009

Stations 9, 11 and 19 responded to a single vehicle MVC in the 24000 block of Augusta Hwy., Sunday morning 26-July at 0621. Firefighters arrived to find an over-turned pickup truck off the roadway west of Meeting House Road. Two men were injured in the crash, one suffered suspected severe head injuries. The other man was ambulatory at the scene. The Omniflight-Charleston medical helicopter responded to a field near the accident site and flew the man with the head injury to the Trauma Center at MUSC. Medic 19 responded to care for the second man who suffered non-life threatening injuries and transported the man to Colleton Medical Center.  

The small Chevrolet S-10 pickup truck was west bound on Augusta when it left the roadway on the east bound side of the road. The vehicle struck a driveway and became airborne, flipping end over end before coming to rest on its roof. The vehicle received heavy damage. Both men were out of the vehicle when Firefighters arrived.

Engine 9, Medic 9, Medic 19, Battalion 1 and Truck 12 responded. Firefighter

Ethan Shider served as Incident Commander. Captain Dewayne Jacques handled the landing zone.