Colleton County Fire-Rescue

11/19/2020

19/November/2020 - Fatal MVC with entrapment - "C" Shift
Incident # 20-07969 - A 34 yr. old man died from injuries he received in a single car MVC in the 8600 block of Lowcountry Hwy. (US Hwy 21) at the intersection of Shiloh Loop Thursday evening 19-November. At 21:33, another motorist reported the accident. While emergency units were enroute, a second caller advised the driver was trapped in the wreckage. Additional Fire-Rescue units were assigned to the incident. The first arriving Firefighter-Paramedics found the car with heavy damage, wrapped around a pine tree. The driver was trapped in the wreckage and had no signs of life. The Coroner's Office was notified. Crews used Holmatro Rescue Tools to remove two doors to gain access to the man. He was extricated from the car and turned over to the Coroner's Office. It appeared the south bound Saturn crossed the northbound lane, struck a concrete culvert, then several trees. The SC Highway Patrol is investigating the crash. 
Engine 13, Medic 13, Medic 18, Rescue 1, Battalion 1, Car 112 and Car 118 responded. Battalion Chief Brent Dalton served as Incident Commander. 

 
 
 
   
   

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