Three Companies Respond To Car Vs Pole With Extrication
Sandy Hook VFR was dispatched with Botsford Fire Rescue, Newtown Volunteer Ambulance Corps and a medic at 07:13 to a reported motor vehicle accident with extrication on Swamp Road, in Botsford’s district. Dispatch was reporting the driver’s side of a car had crashed into a utility pole, trapping the driver, who was injured.
A Newtown PD officer arrived on scene and confirmed the entrapment of a male driver, who was reporting leg pain. The officer also reported the pole did not receive significant damage.
The medic reported the car had T-boned against the pole.
Botsford Chief Andrew White added Newtown Hook & Ladder to the call upon his arrival.
Sandy Hook Rescue 444 and Engine 441 responded with crews. Sandy Hook VFR Chief Anthony Capozziello also went direct to the crash.
Firefighters used Hurst tools and additional equipment to get the driver out of the vehicle. The driver was transported to the hospital.
Sandy Hook and Hook & Ladder cleared from the scene at 07:57. Botsford cleared at 08:01.