2 Trapped in wreck on the Turnpike

At 1:22 PM, Elverson EMS along with Morgantown Fire Company (station 9) were dispatched for the auto accident at mile marker 295.5 west bound, on the Pennsylvania Turnpike. Initially reported as "unknown injuries", a passer-by who was a Paramedic with Medic 91, advised there were subjects confined in the vehicle.

Once crews arrived onscene a second ambulance was added to the assignment (Honey Brook EMS), along with a medic unit out of Brandywine Hospital. Ambulance 89-1 and Rescue 9 went on arrival at 1:32, and gave a report of 2 subjects heavily trapped in 1 vehicle. A medical helicopter was placed on standby (Skyflight Care), and Assistant 9 (J Cook) established Twin Valley Command).

Fire Crews went to work on the heavily damaged vehicle, taking all four doors and the roof. While EMS staff started Patient Care. Engine 9 established a landing zone about a mile west of the accident scene. One patient was taken to the LZ and another by ground to Reading Hospital with Medic 93