SCHUYLKILL COUNTY, PA – At 12:21 PM on Wednesday, March 8, Pottsville City Fire (Stations 30, 40 & 60) were dispatched with Schuylkill EMS to the Fairlane Village Mall parking lot near Boscov’s for a motor vehicle accident with injuries.
P-2 responded and was advised of a three vehicle crash involving a school bus in the middle of the parking lot.
Crews arrived on the scene and found three vehicles in the parking lot. Two passengers cars and one school bus were in the crash. It appeared one car struck another car then smashed into the school bus and became wedged halfway under the bus.
All occupants were out of the vehicles when crews arrived. Engine 41 arrived on the scene and stretched a bumper line as a precaution. Engine 32 arrived on the scene and assisted with hazard control. No children were on the bus at the time of the crash.
EMS found one patient sitting next to a vehicle with minor injuries. She was loaded onto a litter and transported to a local hospital for further treatment. A second ambulance was dispatched to the scene for an additional injury.
Rescue 63 arrived and assisted EMS with patient care before being released from the scene. The Pennsylvania State Police were on the scene investigating the crash while tow trucks from multiple companies arrived to clean up the scene.
