Entrapment on Route 40
 
By Fire Fighter/EMT Pieter Lucas
January 23, 2017
 

Units responded this rainy afternoon for a traffic collision in Ellicott City. At 14:43, WFVFD and surrounding companies were alerted for a reported motor vehicle collision with injuries on Route 40 at Marriottsville Road in the 3-10 box. Upon arrival Engine 31 located a two vehicle collision in the westbound lanes with one trapped in one of the vehicles. Engine 31's crew handled the extrication after which care was transitioned to Paramedic 85. 85 and Ambulance 86 each transported one patient to the hospital. Units cleared at 15:25 after turning the scene over to the Howard County Police

 
Units: Engine 31, Chief 3A
 
Mutual Aid: Paramedic 85, Ambulance 86, Rescue Engine 4