November 27, 2009
Rescue Squad units extricated and transported a collision victim from a car after it was struck by a truck early on the morning after Thanksgiving, the traditional “Black Friday” beginning to the Christmas shopping season.
Rescue Squad 741 and Medic 741 responded at 0525 hours on Friday, November 27 to the Inner Loop of the Beltway between Connecticut and Georgia Avenues for a personal injury collision with a report of one trapped, along with Engine 707 from Chevy Chase and Ambulance 705 from Kensington. Units arrived on scene to find that an automobile had spun out and been struck in the rear by a large truck, collapsing the rear of the car. After stabilizing the vehicle, Rescue Squad 741’s crew popped open the driver’s side door using hydraulic spreaders and cut the B-post using the cutters, in spite of the significant damage that had been done to the driver’s side of the vehicle.
Medic 741 assessed the driver of the car and transported to the Regional Trauma Center at Suburban Hospital. The driver of the truck was unhurt.
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