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DECEMBER 3, 1997 AT 3:34AM:
WE WERE DISPATCHED TO A TRACTOR TRAILER ROLLOVER ON ROUTE. 12 NORTH. UPON ARRIVAL WE FOUND THE TRACTOR TRAILER HAD GONE OVER THE EMBANKMENT WITH THE CAB OF THE TRUCK GETTING PINNED UNDER THE TRAILER. IT TOOK A TOTAL OF 5 HOURS TO EXTRICATE THE DRIVER IN 10 DEGREE TEMPERATURES. WE RECEIVED MUTUAL AID FROM BOONVILLE, BARNEVELD, FORESTPORT AND STITTVILLE WHILE HOLLAND PATENT AND PROSPECT ON STAND-BY. THERE WERE ALSO 2 EMS AGENCIES, PROSPECT AMBULANCE AND ADIRONDACK AIR-RESCUE. SHUFELT'S TOWING AND RECOVERY PROVIDED 4 WRECKERS TO AID IN THE REMOVAL OF THE DRIVER. NIAGARA MOHAWK AND THE STATE DOT WERE ALSO ON THE SCENE. THE TRACTOR TRAILER WAS CARRYING SPOOLS OF ALUMINUM. THE DRIVER ESCAPED THE WRECK WITH A LEG
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