Croton MVA with Extrication 1/2/04

[Guest DFFD227]

Does anyone know the details to this incedent? Woke up turned on the scanner (half asleep) and heard engine 118 stretching a line, victim being extricated , ETA on the bird (STAT flight) etc etc...Any details?

[Remember585 815]

Date: 1/2/04

Times: 10am - 11am (approx)

Location: 500 Route 129 (Yorktown Road) (Camp Discovery)

Frequency: 46.26 / 453.025

Units Operating: 2084, 2087, E118, R18, 55B1

Description: One car MVA, single occupant. Driver went off road, struck and snapped tree in half, up on guardrail, vehicle on its side. Driver was extricated within 5 minutes without hydraulic tools, vehicle stabilized with cribbing and ropes, handline stretched and charged due to a ruptured fuel tank. Patient taken BLS to WMC. Route 129 was closed in area for approx. 40 minutes.

Writer: Remember585