LUZERNE COUNTY, PA – Shortly before 9:00 AM on Sunday, April 7, Nuremberg Fire & EMS were dispatched to the Tomhicken Road in the area of Pine Street in Black Creek Township for a motor vehicle accident with injuries. Engine 582 with Chief 581 responded as well as Ambulance 980.
Units arrived on scene to find a SUV on its side in the woods. The vehicle appeared to have traveled off the roadway, through a ditch and then went airborne. Once airborne the SUV struck a pole approximately five feet off the ground, snapped the pole and ended up on its side. Both occupants of the vehicle were out and walking upon arrival.
Both patients were loaded into the ambulance and transported to a local hospital. Fire crews provided traffic control while State Police investigated the crash.
