19/February/2016 – High Speed MVC – “A” Shift

Incident # 16-00972 – A Kansas man received multiple injuries in a high speed motorcycle crash on ACE Basin Parkway (US Hwy 17) just south of the intersection of Green Pond Hwy. (SC Hwy 303) at 15:37, Friday afternoon 19-February. The north bound motorcycle lost control on a straight section of rural highway causing the driver to fall from the motorcycle. He was wearing a helmet, but suffered a head injury. Several nurses and doctors returning from a conference stopped and render aid prior to the arrival of Fire-Rescue. They advised the man was unconscious when they reached him. The man was treated at the scene, then transported emergent by Medic 6 to the Trauma Center at MUSC in Charleston. The SC Highway Patrol is investigating the crash.

Engine 6, Medic 6, Car 105 and Car 109 responded. Firefighter-EMT Ashley Ackerman served as Incident Commander.