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July 30 , 2008
DCFD
District of Colombia
EMS units responded at 1:20 PM for the report of an overturned vehicle with people trapped on I-395 at 6th Street, Southeast.
First arriving units found a Metro Access van with a driver and four passengers on its side in the middle of the roadway East bound 395 just before the I-295 interchange. Three people were already outside the vehicle, but two other people were trapped inside and required full extrication.
Squad 3 stabilized the vehicle with the use of struts and blocks and cut off half the roof in order to safely remove two immobilized patients. A particular challenge was that this van transported special needs passengers, and all had some sort of physical impairment. In all, five people, including the driver, were treated on the scene for potentially serious injuries and transported to various hospitals.
None of the injuries were thought to be life-threatening, and MPD was investigating the cause of the accident.
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