“B” Shift – ATV Accident with air evacuation

Stations 9 and 11 responded to an ATV accident on Cardinal Lane Sunday evening 10-October at 18:49. Medic 9 treated a teenage girl with an impaled stick in her eye. The injury was received while riding an ATV in the woods. Firefighter-Paramedics treated the girl at the scene, then transported her to a nearby field to meet with the Omniflight-Charleston Medical Helicopter. She was flown to the Pediatric Trauma Center at MUSC in Charleston. Engines 9 and 11 set a landing zone in field off of Augusta Hwy near Breanna Lane.

Engine 9, Engine 11, Medic 9 and Battalion 1 responded. Captain Ethan Shider served as Incident Commander.