Firefighters Extricate Patient In I-75 Wreck

Chattanooga firefighters worked a motor vehicle crash with entrapment Saturday night on Interstate 75. Blue Shift crews responded at 6:15 PM and got to work on the extrication. Photos from Captain Chris Blazek show how skilled members of the CFD freed the patient from the car. Quint 21, Squad 13, Squad 1, Battalion 2, CPD, HCEMS and TDOT responded. The patient was alert and conscious the whole time. He was taken to the hospital for treatment of his injuries.

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