Motor Vehicle Crash with Entrapment in front of Station 14
By President Scott Legore
March 4, 2008
3/4 18:49 hours Box 14-00 1300 block of Liberty Road (In front of Station 14) Motor Vehicle Crash with Entrapment
Units were dispatched for a motor vehicle crash with reported entrapment in front of Station 14. Lieutenant 14-1 Zach Schneider arrived and established Liberty Road Command confirming a working rescue with 3 vehicles involved and 1 trapped. Engine 141 and Utility 14 arrived and crews went to work stabilizing the vehicle and extricating the one of the patients. Due to the high speed head on impact 2 Maryland State Police Medivacs were requested but due to weather only Trooper 8 was available. Ambulance 18 was upgraded to a paramedic unit and transported 1 patient via ground to Shock Trauma, while a 2nd patient was transported to Shock Trauma via Trooper 8, and a 3rd patient was later transported by Paramedic 149 to Carroll Hospital Center. Units turned the scene over to Maryland State Police and Maryland State Highway Administration and went in service at 20:14 hours.