WILD CRASH SCENE: Firefighters hustle to free man trapped...

UPDATE – COTUIT FD MEDIA STATEMENT: At 2320 last night we received a 911 call for a motor vehicle incident described as a rollover with entrapment. Units were dispatched from Cotuit and COMM Fire. Upon location we found a SUV on its roof in an area of thick brush and trees. A 35-year-old male occupant of the vehicle had been ejected during the accident and was pinned under the vehicle and a 34-year-old female occupant was trapped inside the vehicle. MedFlight was requested due to the mechanism if injury and extended extrication time. COMM and Cotuit Firefighters used air bags and the Jaws od Life to lift the car and extricate the patient from under the vehicle. The male patient was transferred to MedFlight at the Mashpee Fire Station and transferred via helicopter to Mass General. The Female patient was transported to Providence Hospital. Both Patients were conscious with unknown injuries prior to transport to off Cape trauma centers.
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COTUIT – [DEVELOPING] – Watch in the following HN Video as firefighters go “all hands on deck,” hustling to save a man pinned underneath a rolled-over vehicle, with the another passenger still also entrapped inside of the same vehicle.

The crash happened at about 11:15 p.m. along Route 130 near the intersection with Route 28.

The male was trapped underneath the wreckage, with the overturned roof of the vehicle pressing down upon his chest. Firefighters used airbags, posts, a chainsaw, and the Jaws of Life, among other things, to carefully lift the vehicle off the man’s chest. It took a while, and the man was conscious during the extrication, obviously in pain. Once extricated, he was rushed into a nearby ambulance and transported to a temporary landing zone set up between the Mashpee police and fire departments. He was then airlifted to an off-Cape trauma center.

Firefighters then focused on the female passenger who was still entrapped inside of the vehicle. Firefighters cut through the glass and carefully lifted her onto an awaiting stretcher. She was then transported via ambulance to a trauma center in Providence, Rhode Island.

The extent of the injuries and the patient’s current conditions were unknown at the time of this report.

The cause for the vehicle leaving the roadway and rolling onto its roof was also unknown at the time of this report. The Barnstable Police Department is handling the crash scene investigation and HN will provide official updates as they become available.

CAUTION: The following HN Video documents firefighters trying to save two lives. Although the video has been highly edited, with graphic content removed or blurred, it still deals with an active traumatic crash scene; therefore viewer discretion is advised.

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