Colleton County Fire-Rescue

08/02/2024

02/August/2024 - High Speed MVC with Rollover - "B" Shift

Incident # 24-5951 - A Florida man was critically injured in a single vehicle MVC on I-95 near the 58 mile marker southbound at the Mount Carmel overpass, Saturday afternoon 03-August at 17:33. The southbound Toyota pickup truck left the roadway, struck the end of a guardrail and lost control. The vehicle began to flip over several times, struck a DOT camera post and a large adversary sign before landing on its roof. The driver received multiple life threatening traumatic injuries. Firefighter-Paramedics treated the man at the scene. The CARE Flight medical helicopter could not fly due to poor weather conditions in the area. Medic 26 picked up the Flight Crew enroute to the Trauma Center at Trident Medical Center. The patient's condition deteriorated enroute to the Trauma Center. Firefighter-Paramedics administered life saving whole blood and TXA enroute. I-95 was down to one lane for approximately an hour causing traffic to back up several miles. The accident is being investigated by the SC Hwy Patrol. 

Engine 26, Medic 26 and Car 111 responded. Firefighter-EMT Ashley Ackerman served as Incident Commander. 


 
 
 
   
   
   
   
   

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