LUZERNE COUNTY, PA – At 4:13 AM on Saturday, January 9, Schuylkill County 9-1-1 dispatched Nuremberg-Weston Fire and Nuremberg EMS to 1589 Tomhicken Road in Black Creek Township for a motor vehicle accident with entrapment. Medic 26 was also due out of Luzerne County.
Engine 582 went responding and was advised of a single vehicle rollover with one occupant trapped. The engine arrived on scene to find one SUV on its roof, off the roadway into the woods. Firefighters quickly approached the vehicle and found no one inside. Crews proceeded to check the wooded area surrounding the scene to ensure no occupants were ejected. All searches turned up negative. About 45 minutes later, County dispatch advised Luzerne County received a call from a man in West Hazleton reporting he was in a vehicle crash versus a tree but didn’t know where it occurred.
The Pennsylvania State Police were on the scene to investigate the crash. Engine 583 also assisted on the scene and Luzerne Medic 26 was cancelled upon arrival.
