SCHUYLKILL COUNTY, PA – Just before 9:30 AM on Saturday, January 25, Fire District 43 (Frackville), Englewood and Altamont fire companies were dispatched with Frackville EMS to the Frackville – St. Clair Grade (Route 61) in the area of “Dead Man’s Curve” for a motor vehicle accident with unknown injury.
Engine 369 was off the floor in seconds and given the additional of a tri-axle dumptruck over the embankment with the driver self extricated. Engine 369 arrived on scene to find the dumptruck completely over the embankment into a tree. Frackville Engine 43-10 set up a traffic pattern north of incident. Altamont Engine 367 and EMS were recalled as the patient was uninjured.
Crews remained on the scene and provided traffic control for over an hour until the towing company arrived and set up their own traffic control.
