DICKENSON COUNTY, VA. — QUICK THINKING BY FIRST RESPONDERS KEPT INJURIES FROM BEING WORSE AT A CRASH SCENE IN DICKENSON COUNTY. AROUND 7:40 MONDAY MORNING, THE CLINTWOOD FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS DISPATCHED TO A MOTOR VEHICLE CRASH WITH ENTRAPMENT. UPON ARRIVAL ON THE SCENE, THEY FOUND A SINGLE VEHICLE HAD LEFT THE ROADWAY AND WAS NOSE DOWN IN THE DITCH. FIRE CREWS WORKED TO FREE THE DRIVER FROM THE VEHICLE, CLINTWOOD RESCUE EVALUATED THE PATIENT, WHO WAS NOT IDENTIFIED, AND THE DRIVER WAS RELEASED WITHOUT HOSPITALIZATION. DICKENSON COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPUTY SGT. JUSTIN MULLINS AND CLINTWOOD POLICE DEPARTMENT PATROLMAN KENDALL MULLINS ARRIVED AT THE SCENE PRIOR TO FIRE AND EMS AND USING THEIR PATROL VEHICLES, SECURED THE VEHICLE UNTIL FIRE UNITS COULD STABILIZE THE VEHICLE TO KEEP THE DRIVER’S INJURIES FROM BEING WORSE.
Quick Thinking Results In Minimal Injuries
Article Updated: January 8, 2019
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