Rescue Squad Extricates Patients on Patuxent Beach Rd

At 0654 hours Station 9 (California), Rescue Squad 7, Rescue Squad 3, EMS Station 79 (Hollywood), EMS Station 83 (Solomon's), EMS Station 39 (Lexington Park), and the ALS unit were dispatched to Patuxent Beach Rd in the area of Kingston Creek Rd for a Motor Vehicle Accident reported people trapped. Rescue Squad 7 and Chief 7B (Tenaglia) responded with 6 volunteers to the incident. While in route to the call, Communications advised that the accident is reported to be serious with several vehicles involved and several people trapped. Units from Station 9 arrived on the scene confirming 4 vehicle with people trapped in two separate cars. Rescue Squad 7 arrived on the scene at 0704 hours and went to work stabilizing one of the vehicles and beginning extrication. Once the patient was removed from the vehicle and turned over to EMS Staff, the Rescue Squad was repositioned to help with the extrication on another vehicle. The crew of Rescue Squad 7 assisted Rescue Squad 3 with rolling the dash of the second vehicle to free the pinned patient. All the extrication was completed at 0737 hours and the patients were transported to the hospitals. Two patients were flown out by Trooper 7 and Trooper 2 to PG Trauma. Rescue Squad 7 cleared the scene and returned to quarters at 0811 hours.

Photos courtesy of John Douglass and www.thebaynet.com