25/May/2016 – High Speed MVC – “B” Shift

Incident # 16-03188 – A 46 year old Varnville woman was critically injured after her vehicle collided head-on with a loaded log truck on Sniders Hwy. (SC Hwy 63) at Schoolhouse Road. The accident occurred Wednesday afternoon, 25-May at 14:28. Another tractor trailer was also involved. The Chevrolet pickup suffered heavy damage and caught fire with the woman inside. The truck driver used a portable fire extinguisher to douse the flames, while bystanders pulled the woman from the wreckage. Their quick actions contributing to saving her life. Several bystanders comforted the woman until rescuers arrived. Firefighter-Paramedics found the woman lying on the ground between the two vehicles. She suffered multiple life threatening traumatic injuries. Crews rapidly immobilized her, then transported her emergent by Fire-Rescue Medic 18 to the Trauma Center at Trident Medical in Summerville. Additional Firefighter-Paramedics assisted with her care during transport. The truck driver and a 13 year old boy in the tractor trailer suffered minor injuries and denied ambulance transportation to the hospital. The SC Highway Patrol is investigating the crash.

Engine 8, Engine 18, Medic 1, Medic 18, Rescue 1, Battalion 1, Car 12, Car 105 and Car 107 responded. Battalion Chief Scott O’Quinn served as Incident Commander.