Elmsford -MVA w/Fire and Ejection - 1/2/09

[Fireman488 57]

Date: 1/2/09

Time: 0845 hours

Location: Route 9-A @ Route 287

Frequency: 153.98 and County Trunk Fire-14

Units Operating: Elmsford FD Car 2111, Engines 137, 237, Ladder 55, Ambulance 58B-1, Elmsford Police, New York State Police, County Car 1 & 2, Battalion 14, County Health Dept, County Haz Mat, New York State DOT.

Description Of Incident: A waste container truck was westbound on Route 287 about to cross the Route 9-A overpass when it crashed through the guardrail, went airborne and landed on Route 9-A below.

Responding units found the driver, who had been ejected, lying on the side of the roadway and the cab of the truck fully involved in fire.

EMS personnel transported the patient, with Greenburgh PD Medic, in 58B-1 to Westchester Medical Center for treatment of injuries, which did not appear to be life threatening.

Fire personnel extinguished the fire with one handline.

Truck diesel fuel and other fluids were found to have leaked into 3 storm drains as a result of the collision.

State Police accident investigation.

Our thanks to two EMS passersby, who assisted with patient care at the scene.

Scene photos: http://picasaweb.google.com/ElmsfordFDPict...TruckFire122009

Edited January 5, 2009 by Truck4