At approximately 01:15 hrs. this morning Company 5 was dispatched to
Box 554 in Ferguson Township for a vehicle accident with unknown
injuries with one vehicle over an embankment, upside down in a stream
in the 6300 Block of W. Whitehall Rd.
Shortly after Second Assistant Chief Brown (502) went responding
communications advised of an additional report now stating that there
was one patient entrapped in the vehicle and unresponsive. Assistant
Chief Brown upgraded the box to an accident with entrapment which
brought Rescue 1518 from Port Matilda. Fire police arrived on scene
first and confirmed entrapment. Shortly after fire police, Ferguson
Township police arrived on scene entered the stream and began
attempting to gain access to the patient. Rescue 518 arrived on scene
and gained access through the passenger side door. A rapid extrication
was then performed due to the fact that the patients head was under
water. EMS assessed the patient and transported them to Mt. Nittany
Medical Center. The cause of the accident is currently under
investigation by the Ferguson Township Police Department.
Units on Scene: Rescue
518 and 1518, Engines 514 and 513, Fire Police Unit 536, Command Unit
534, Centre LifeLink EMS (State College), Ferguson Township Police
In the Command: Second Assistant Chief J. Brown (502)
