TWO MEDEVACS TRANSPORT THREE PATIENTS
 
By Treasurer Clay Myers
August 14, 2009
 

Three patients from a motor vehicle collision on Green Mill Rd. were flown by State Police helicopters on Friday afternoon, August 14, 2009. Units from Reese & Community Volunteer Fire Co. handled the collision and rescue with assistance from Gamber's Engine 131.

The landing site at Sandymount Elementary School was assigned to Engine 134 from Gamber. Ambulances from Reese, Gamber, Hampstead, and Westminster treated and transported the four injured persons. Westminster's ambulance transported one patient to Carroll Hospital Center and three were flown to University Hospital Shock Trauma in Baltimore. Units cleared after 4:00 pm.

For additional information and a photo from the scene click on the link below.

http://www.carrollcounty.com/articles/2009/08/15/news/local_news/4_car_wreck1.txt
 
Units: Reese Rescue Squad 9, P 99, Engine 91, Utility 9
 
Mutual Aid: Gamber Engines 131, 134, and P 139, Hampstead P 29, Westminster, P37.
 
Two Maryland State Police medevac helicopters await patients on the ball field at Sandymount Elementary School.
Two Maryland State Police medevac helicopters await patients on the ball field at Sandymount Elementary School.
 
Hampstead and Gamber ambulances prepare to transfer their patients to the helicopters.
Hampstead and Gamber ambulances prepare to transfer their patients to the helicopters.
 
Two patients are prepared for loading on one helicopter to Shock Trauma.
Two patients are prepared for loading on one helicopter to Shock Trauma.
 
Gamber's ambulance is preparing to leave the landing site while Reese's ambulance prepares their patient for transport by the second helicopter.
Gamber's ambulance is preparing to leave the landing site while Reese's ambulance prepares their patient for transport by the second helicopter.