| Five people were taken to the hospital after a two vehicle crash on Route 32 in front of the Sykesville-Freedom District Fire Department; Saturday September 30.
The crash at the intersection of Route 32 and Freedom Avenue occurred at 11:15 am. Crews quickly responded with the station's two medic units, rescue squad and Engine 123.
A Jeep SUV had collided with a passenger car, trapping the car's driver. Personnel immediately went to work to extricate the trapped woman; while EMS crews began to tend to the other injured people.
Crews were able to remove the doors and roof of the sedan and free the woman in 18 minutes. She, and the driver of the Jeep were flown to Shock Trauma by Maryland State Police Aviation. The passenger of the Jeep and two other occupants of the car were taken by Sykesville and Winfield ambulances to Carroll Hospital Center.
Police are investigating the accident. |
