Plattikill (Ulster) MVA w/Pin 3-22-08

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Date: 3/22/08

Time: 04:00

Location: Modena service area, I 87 southbound

Frequency: Ulster and Orange Co's fire & EMS channels

Units Operating: Plattikill fire & EMS (Ulster Cnty), Cromner Valley FD, town of Newburgh VAC(Orange County), Mobil Life ALS, Lifenet Air 2, NYS Police

Description Of Incident: Car into the back of a Tractor Trailer, heavy pin, serious inj

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04:00 Cromner Valley FD, town of Newburgh ambulance dispatched to a accident near the entrance of the Plattikill rest area, NYS Thruway I-87

04:08 Cromner Valley Car 1 on the scene in the Plattikill Fire District, Modena rest area with a car into the back of a tractor trailer with heavy pin, multiple victims. Plattikill dispatched

04:12 Command reports 3 victims trapped in the car, serious injury, additional EMS to the scene, Medevac launched. Landing zone in the parking lot of the rest area.

04:18 911 reports ETA of Lifenet Air 2 is at 04:25.

04:45 Command reports 1st victim extricated, driver of the car still trapped, lengthy extrication still needed.

Unkn times: 1 victim transported by air to St Francis Trauma Center in Poughkeepsie, 2 by ground EMS to same

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