October 18, 2010
Rescue Squad 741 Bravo and Medic 741 responded to an early morning accident on I-495 that left one person dead and another seriously injured.
Shortly before 5 a.m. on Monday, October 18, the units, along with units from Cabin John Park Volunteer Fire Department and Montgomery Battalion Chief 2 were dispatched to the Inner Loop of I-495 between the I-270 Spur and Old Georgetown Road for a personal injury collision with an overturned truck. The Cabin John units arrived on scene first to find a tractor-semitrailer filled with kegs and cases of beer that had departed the roadway, overturned onto its side, and struck a tree. Additionally, a severely damaged personal vehicle sat in the far right middle lane of the roadway.
Crews quickly determined that the driver of the car had suffered multiple traumatic injuries and removed him from his vehicle to begin treatment. Medic 741’s crew, supplemented by crewmembers from Ambulance 726, initiated advanced life support procedures and transported the patient to the Trauma Center at Suburban Hospital.
The fatally-injured truck driver, was trapped in his vehicle, but was not immediately removed so that police could complete their investigation. Rescue 741 Bravo’s crew remained on the scene for several hours to support the police in their accident documentation, and to assist in cleaning up the accident scene.
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