At 16:26 on Sunday November 6th, 2011 United fire and Montrose E.M.S.
were alerted for a single vehicle roll over 2 miles north of Montrose on
State Route 29. United 11 would respond to the scene followed by the
rescue with a crew of 3 and the engine with 3. while Units were
responding communications would advise they received a report from the
scene that there were 4 injuries with 3 victims trapped and one ejected
from the vehicle. United 11 then requested Hallstead rescue to assist.
United 11 would arrive just behind E.M.S. finding a sedan out in a
pasture about 75 feet from the road on it's roof with 2 people trapped
in the vehicle one of the victims with their legs pinned under the roof
of the vehicle and one victim out of the vehicle in the field. E.M.S.
triaged the Patients and determined that they all would need to be flown
and command then requested 4 air medical Helicopters and to have them
land at the Montrose high school. command also requested Snake Creek
Fire to assist us with shutting down SR 29 in Franklin forks with our
fire police closing the road at the lake. command also requested
Springville engine to assist with the landing zone. Communications
advised also that Hallstead Rescue was out of service and they had
bumped up rush rescue on the box. The rescue would arrive and begin
stabilization efforts with United 13 being assigned operations. the
engine would arrive and deploy a safety line. Engine 6 responded
to set up the LZ with United 12 having the LZ command at the high
school. crews began extrication efforts with additional crew assisting
ems with packaging and transport of the victim not trapped. Crews
removed the passenger door to gain access to the patients still in the
vehicle and were assisted by ems with packaging the victims for
transport. crews then had to open the drivers door to extricate the
second victim in the vehicle. once the victims were removed focus was
moved to a lifting operation to free the final victim from under the
vehicle. Crews used airbags to lift the vehicle. The final victim was
removed at 17:10 just over 40 minuets from dispatch. Crews remained on
scene controlling traffic and providing lighting for the investigation
as well as assisting the land owner with fixing his fence and assisting
Police with the investigation. all units returned to service just after
20:00 hours. A huge thank you to our mutual aid department who assisted
us on this incident.
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