19/Sept/2015 – MVC with Entrapment – “C” Shift

Incident # 15-05423 - A 19 year old Georgia woman received multiple traumatic injuries in a high speed crash on I-95 near the 57 mile marker southbound Saturday morning 19-September at 01:33. Apparently the southbound small Chrysler car collided with a southbound tractor trailer after passing the Bells Hwy overpass. The car lost control, skidded sideways and flipped over at least once as it rolled down an embankment into the tree line. The stopped at the frontage road, Evergreen Lane. The driver was trapped in the wreckage. Firefighter-Paramedics treated the woman in the car while other crewmembers used Holmatro Rescue tools to extricate her. A medical helicopter was not immediately available, so Fire-Rescue transported her to Colleton Medical Center. The truck driver was not injured. The SC Highway Patrol is investigating the crash.

Engine 26, Medic 26, Rescue 1, Battalion 1 and Car 12 responded. Battalion Chief Ben Heape served as Incident Commander.