COLUMBIA COUNTY, PA – Around 8:15 AM on Thursday, January 8, Columbia County dispatched Stations 350 (Aristes) and 330 (Wilburton) with Schuylkill Engine 30-15 (Ringtown Valley) and Northumberland MICU 93 to the 1000 Block of Aristes Road in Conyngham Township for a motor vehicle accident with rollover.
Tanker 353 went responding with Chief 350 and was advised of a rollover with one patient ejected from the vehicle. They arrived on scene shortly after and found a vehicle that appeared to roll multiple times with one person lying in the roadway.
Chief 350 immediately called for aeromedical to be dispatched to the Aristes ball field. Engine 331 was diverted to set up a landing zone. Shenandoah Medic 6402 was also dispatched as MICU 93 was not available.
Crews from 350 and 30-15 assisted with patient care until arrival of EMS. Other crews controlled hazards on the vehicle and the roadway.
The patient was then transported to the landing zone were ground crews met up with Lehigh Valley MedEvac 4.
The Pennsylvania State Police at Bloomsburg were investigating the crash.
