Stations 1 and 6 responded to a single car MVC on Green Pond Highway just south of Saxby Hill Road at 1908, Friday afternoon 7-May. The vehicle left the roadway at a high rate of speed and impacted the embankment, before landing on its side in the deep ditch. Evidence at the scene indicated the car struck the embankment at least twice and spun around before coming to rest. The driver, who was not wearing a seatbelt, struck his head on the passenger side windshield and “A” post. He received a severe head injury and according to callers was unconscious following the accident. Medic 6 arrived to find patient conscious and bleeding profusely from the head. A medical helicopter was requested. The patient was combative, but crews were successful in partially immobilizing him for extrication. He removed the equipment several times and continued to be combative in the Medic unit. Omniflight-Charleston landed in a field near the accident site. The flight crew RSI’ed the patient to control his airway. He was flown to the Trauma Center at MUSC in Charleston.

Engine 6, Rescue 1, Medic 6, Battalion 1 and Car 12 responded. Chief McRoy served as Incident Commander.