SUBURBAN PROPANE MVA

 

AUGUST 9, 1997: WE PROVIDED MUTUAL AID TO BARNEVELD FOR A 2 VEHICLE MVA INVOLVING A SUBURBAN PROPANE TRUCK. UPON OUR ARRIVAL WE OBSERVED THE CAR HAD COLLIDED WITH THE BACK OF THE PROPANE TRUCK. IT TOOK 3 DEPARTMENTS APPROX.30 MINUETS TO EXTRICATE THE VICTIM FROM HIS VEHICLE. THE DRIVER OF THE CAR WAS TRANSPORTED BY PROSPECT AMBULANCE IN CRITICAL CONDITION. THE DRIVER OF THE PROPANE TRUCK WAS SLIGHTLY INJURED AND ALSO TRANSPORTED BY PVAC TO A LOCAL HOSPITAL. BARNEVELD FIRE DEPARTMENT AND STITTVILLE FIRE DEPARTMENT USED THERE JAWS OF LIFE AND WE USED OUR AIR BAGS TO LIFT THE PROPANE TRUCK OFF THE CAR.