Posts Tagged hydraulic tools used to free driver from car wreck

MVA with trapped occupants in Glenview, 6-3-15

Jun 4

Glenview firefighters extricated two elderly occupants from a car that crashed and rolled over at the intersection of Willow Road and Old Willow Road on Wednesday (6/3/15),

two trapped from car crash in Glenview 6/3/15

Tim Olk photo

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Multi-vehicle, multi-victim MVA in Wheeling 3-28-13

Mar 28

Posted by Admin in Ambulance photos, Apparatus on-scene, Fire Department News, Fire Service News, Fire Truck photos, Firefighters working, MVA | 1 Comment

Many callers reported a multi-vehicle accident involving a tractor-trailer in the westbound express lands of Palatine Road around 5:50PM on Thursday. Prospect Heights and Wheeling Fire Departments were dispatched to the area and located six cars and the semi strewn about the express lanes just east of Wheeling Road. Prospect Heights Engine 39 was the closest engine but could not enter the highway as there was solid traffic with no shoulder. All companies had to use the one-way frontage road or come the wrong way down the expressway.

Two patients had to be extricated from their vehicles. A total of five ambulances were sent to the scene to evaluate the drivers, but only three ambulances transported patients to area hospitals. Many of the drivers and occupants refused treatment on the scene. Along with the five ambulances, two battalion chiefs, one truck, one squad, and three engines were dispatched. Multiple hydraulic tools were put to work.

The westbound lanes remained closed well into the night as the accident investigation team worked the scene.

Larry Shapiro and Tim Olk were both at the scene and have images which will be posted in separate articles.

multi-vehicle accident on Palatine Road in Wheeling 3-28-13

Prospect Heights firefighters work to free the driver from this car. Larry Shapiro photo

Two ambulances from Wheeling and one from Prospect Heights were on the original response. Larry Shapiro photo

A firefighter with a hydraulic spreader opens the damaged door. Larry Shapiro photo

Paramedics remove the driver of another car. Larry Shapiro photo

The driver is helped onto a stretcher. Larry Shapiro photo

Drivers stranded by the accident watch as firefighters tend to the patients and hazards. Larry Shapiro photo

The driver is removed from the car. Larry Shapiro photo

The driver of this car was also extricated by firefighters. Larry Shapiro photo

The driver of the red SUV is taken to an awaiting ambulance. Larry Shapiro photo

Damage to the truck. Larry Shapiro photo

Several cars were forced up along the center median by the truck. Larry Shapiro photo

The driver of this vehicle was transported to Lutheran General Hospital after firefighters completed the extrication. Larry Shapiro photo

Wheeling Engine 23 blocked traffic from passing on the opposite side of the highway. Larry Shapiro photo

Two of the damaged vehicles at the eastern section of the accident scene. Larry Shapiro photo

Three of the six cars along the concrete center barrier. Larry Shapiro photo

Click here for a gallery with more images from Larry Shapiro.

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Buffalo Grove extricates driver from SUV 6-8-12

Jun 13

Posted by bgshap in Fire Department News, MVA | 2 Comments

The Buffalo Grove Fire Department received a call reporting a one-vehicle collision with a tree around midnight on Thursday night (Friday morning). The first arriving company found a late model Cadillac Escalade with extensive damage from the impact which trapped the driver. Truck 25, Engine 27, Ambulance 25, and Battalion 4 worked the scene for roughly 49 minutes to extricate the driver, who was the sole occupant of the vehicle.

Buffalo Grove Fire Department rescues victim trapped in car on Brandywyn Lane 6-8-12 after collision with tree

After removing the driver’s door, firefighters survey the interior damage. Larry Shapiro photo

Preparations begin to remove the rear door. Larry Shapiro photo

The impact was so intense that it completely destroyed the front of the vehicle causing heavy damage to the front driver’s corner, causing one leg to be pinned underneath the dashboard.