Buchanan - Unusual MVA - 12/08/04

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Date: 12-08-04

Time: 1532hrs (TOD)

Location: Westchester Ave. c/s 1st St. & 4th St. (IFO Village Pool)

Frequency: 46.26

Units: BFD E160, Cars 2551, 52, 53, 54, 56 & 57, Cortlandt EMS 88B1, Peekskill FD-ALS 39M1 & BPD Car 266.

Description: Buchanan FD & Cortlandt EMS dispatched to a reported MVA w/injuries, Westchester Ave. between 1st & 4th streets.

Upon arrival, units found an elderly male walking around w/no apparent injuries, but a car w/significant damage to the passenger side. 92-year-old male driver was traveling on Westchester Avenue when he lost sight of the road due to sun-glare. His vehicle then collided with the raised bucket of a backhoe at a construction site along the road. The entire passenger side of the 4-door Buick was caved in from the force of the impact. The roof of the vehicle was resting on the passenger seat head-rest.

The gentleman had just dropped his wife off at a near-by beauty salon, guess you could say it was her lucky day! He originally wanted to RMA, but after considering the mechanism of injury, the EMS crew talked him into being evaluated & he was transported BLS to Hudson Valley Hospital by Cortlandt 88B1.

Pictures of the vehicle may be soon to follow.

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