| Winter finally made its appearance in Carroll County with a mix of snow, sleet and freezing rain, Sunday January 21. Sykesville fire and EMS crews were called into action as the roads iced up.
Rescue Squad 12 and Ambulance 128 were alerted to assist Howard County units at Route 99 and Sand Hill Road for a reported vehicle collision.
As the units were responding, Howard County's communications center advised Sykesville's crews to divert to the area of Marriottsville and Driver roads for a crash with people reported trapped, and one possibly unconscious.
West Friendship Chief Mickey Day arrived along with his Engine 3-1 and Ambulance 128 to find two vehicles that had crashed head-on with a total of three people trapped. Sykesville's Paramedic 129 and Lisbon's Paramedic 4-5 were dispatched, along with an EMS officer and Battalion Chief from Howard County.
Rescue Squad 12 arrived on the scene and went to work stabilizing the passenger car. Crews removed the front and rear doors on the driver's side and removed the roof to gain access to the driver and passenger.
Once the patients in the passenger car were successfully extricated, personnel assisted Howard Engine 3-1's crew with the extrication of the driver of the minivan. |
