LUZERNE COUNTY, PA – Around 9:45 AM on Tuesday, November 8, Hazle Township Fire & Rescue was dispatched with APTS Medic 11 to 550 Oak Ridge Road in Hazle Township at the Amazon Fulfillment Center for a motor vehicle crash with injuries.
Chief 141 and Engine 141-3 arrived on the scene to find a two vehicle crash at the truck entrance to the facility with both vehicles blocking one lane of traffic. The chief got out and quickly assessed the scene and found two patients with minor injuries. Medic 11A arrived on the scene and began to treat the driver of car who was still seated in the driver’s seat. A second ambulance was requested for the passenger of the car who was self extricated and sitting on the curb with minor injuries.
Rescue 141 arrived on the scene and began to stabilize the vehicles and assist EMS with patient care. Additional crew members began to direct traffic around the scene while the first patient was loaded into the ambulance. Medic 11D arrived on the scene and loaded up the second patient; both were transported to Lehigh Valley Hazleton Hospital.
The engine and rescue were placed available within 15 minutes as the Pennsylvania State Police investigated the crash.
