SCHUYLKILL COUNTY, PA – On Monday, January 7 as firefighters were watching the BCS Championship Bowl Game Schuylkill County 9-1-1 dispatched Fire District 9 (Sheppton-Oneida and Brandonville) with Mahanoy City West End Rescue 993 and Shenandoah ALS to Rattlin Run Road in the area of the East Union Twp. / Union Twp. Line for a motor vehicle accident with entrapment.
Medic 64, 6404, Engine 9-10 (Sheppton) and Rescue 993 all responded in minutes and were advised of a single vehicle rollover with one female confined inside a pick-up truck. Both ALS units arrived on the scene to find a pick-up truck on its roof in the middle of the roadway. The situation was quickly assessed and crews found the operator to be self-extricated from the vehicle.
This information was relayed to Engine 9-10 and at the recommendation of Medic 64 the rescue was recalled. Engine 9-14 (Brandonville) responded and both engines arrived on the scene simultaneously. Hazards were controlled while traffic control was set up as crews waited for police to arrive and investigate the accident.
Fire crews were released from the scene in approximately one hour. The operator of the vehicle refused treatment from EMS.
