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Complex Extrication in the 6200 Block of East Lynchburg Salem Turnpike |
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 2208hrs-Just as units cleared from a T-Bone collision at the intersection of Forest Road and Centerville Road, Bedford Communications dispatched Company 1, Squads 1 and 6, and RS-2 to the 6200 block of East Lynchburg Salem Turnpike for reports of an overturned vehicle with a subject trapped underneath. Engine 1 ( with four) arrived five minutes later to find one SUV overturned, resting on a tree off the roadway with the single occupant pinned. Rescue 1 (with five) arrived just minutes later and began stabilizing with cribbing and ResQjacks. The drivers head, who had been partially ejected out of the drivers window, was pinned by the A post and windshield. After a lengthy extrication, the patient was removed onto a LSB and transported to Lynchburg General Hospital by the medivac Centra One. All units returned to service at 2315hrs. Total Company 1 personnel- 16. |
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