Monday morning crash 347 and Casa Blanca

[mallardisme]

At approx. 7am 11/19, Gilla River fire and police were called to a traffic collision at NB 347 and Casa Blanca. They arrived to find a single vehicle rollover with 1 occupant trapped. Using the Jaws of Life, they managed to free the victim from the wreckage in about 20 minutes. The victim was transported via ground ambulance with unknown injuries. Cause of the accident is under investigation at this time.

[CopaDave]

So it flipped in the median and ended up on the SB shoulder?  Great shots, as usual.

[mallardisme]

Yea. It was partially on the SB left turn lane and the median.

They were actually using 2 Jaws at a time to remove the victim. They removed both doors and part of the strut.

[Chunk]

Was texting while flying down the road, someone came close to him, making a call, he overcorrected and went arse over teakettle

[CopaDave]

That's the one nice thing about the really small cars.  They can double as a casket, cutting down on those pesky final costs.

That driver is very lucky.

[mallardisme]

The driver was indeed lucky. They had a helo on standby. I was at 347 and the 10 when the call came out. I was fully expecting the copter to have been on the way. The initial size up placed the injuries worse than what they found.

The crash had to have occured just after I came through the intersection. Gill River's response time was awesome.

As I watched them use the jaws, I wondered to myself how often they must use those in any given week. The way they worked was very matter-of-fact. It was just like watching a firefighter take a ladder off a rig. It wasn't so much that they drill on this, it was more like an everyday event. It was just very fluid, all the way down to them touching the victim and calming her.

Be carefull out there. A simple drive can turn out to be very different in the blink of an eye.

Very much the wrong way to start a day or a week.