SCHUYLKILL COUNTY, PA – At 5:48 AM on Friday, January 27, Schuylkill County 9-1-1 dispatched Fire District 9 (Sheppton-Oneida) to 859 Main Boulevard in East Union Township for a motor vehicle accident with unknown injuries. Shenandoah ALS was also due on the call.
Medic 6402 responded and was advised of a two vehicle crash and 9-1-1 was now getting reports of entrapment. The assignment was upgraded to a rescue dispatch and brought Mahanoy City West End Rescue 993 to the scene.
Sheppton-Oneida Engine 9-10 arrived on the scene to find a two vehicle crash on Route 924 in the middle of the Sheppton mountain with heavy front end damage to both; Chief 9 assumed East Union Twp. Command.
After a quick assessment of the scene, crews found one injured patient in a vehicle facing northbound (not trapped), one walking wounded and two people confined in a passenger vehicle facing southbound.
The vehicle was stabilized while one firefighter initiated C-Spine immobilization and the Hurst spreaders were stretched off the engine. Crews removed the passenger side front door and were able to access both patients. The driver was removed and placed onto Medic 6402’s litter. At this time, Rescue 993 was directed to set up a traffic control point at Route 924 and Phineyville Road. Rescue 469 was also asked to set up an additional traffic control point at Center Street and Brandon Street in Sheppton.
Two medic units from APTS (Luzerne County) arrived on the scene and began to treat the passenger of the vehicle and the person walking wounded. West Hazleton Ambulance 583 arrived and packaged the driver of the other vehicle. 583 initiated transport and were met with another ALS unit out of Luzerne County on the way to the hospital.
Multiple Pennsylvania State Troopers out of the Frackville barracks were on the scene investigating the crash. Crews remained on the scene and kept the roadway shut down for nearly two hours as extensive cleanup was needed for a large debris field and a large amount of fluids on the roadway.
The roadway was re-opened around 8AM after both vehicles were towed from the scene.
