03/18/2012 – MVC with Technical Rescue – “B” Shift
Incident # 12-01501 – A
single vehicle accident in the 100 block of Loblolly Lane proved to be
challenging for rescuers, Sunday afternoon 18-March. The accident was
reported at 18:19, advising a small SUV had crashed into a ditch, trapping
a woman inside. Firefighters arrived to find the vehicle in the ditch with
the frontend unsupported in the air. The woman was not entrapped in the
wreckage, but due to her injuries she could not escape. The position of
the vehicle prevented firefighters from safely removing her until the car
was stabilized. Crewmembers used several stabilizing devices and a 4x4
post from Rescue 1 to stabilized the small Ford Explorer. Once completed,
Firefighter-Paramedics entered the car to begin treating the woman. A
ladder was used as a makeshift bridge to extricate the patient. She was
treated at the scene, then transported to Colleton Medical Center with
non-life threatening injuries.
Photos by Harold Buzzell.
