Tricky Extrication On Brainerd Road

Squad 13, Squad 1, and Ladder 13 Blue Shift worked a complicated one-vehicle MVC with entrapment on Saturday (1/28/23). The vehicle left the roadway and hit the guide wire of a utility pole, flipped and came to rest against another guide wire and a fire hydrant. This happened in the 3800 block of Brainerd Road at 1:36 PM.. CPD arrived on scene first and kept citizens back from the unstable vehicle. Squad crews stabilized the vehicle with specialized equipment, including struts, chains and ratchet straps. The driver of the vehicle was stable with only minor injuries and was extricated from the vehicle after the door was removed. HCEMS transported the driver to the hospital. The scene was turned over to CPD and EPB was notified to check the integrity of the utility pole.