LUZERNE COUNTY, PA – At 6:11 PM on February 4, Schuylkill County 9-1-1 dispatched the Nuremberg-Weston Volunteer Fire Company to the area of 22 Nuremberg Mountain Road in Black Creek Township for a vehicle crash with unknown injuries. Luzerne Ambulance 577 (Sugarloaf) was also due on the call.
Engine 582 and Engine 583 responded to the crash and found a two vehicle head-on collision in the middle of the mountain separating Nuremberg and Fern Glen. All occupants were self-extricated upon arrival.
The crews split up and evaluated patients until the arrival of the BLS while fire police shut down the roadway on both sides of the incident. One patient was transported to the hospital with minor injuries while the Pennsylvania State Police investigated the crash.
