Amador County – Emergency personnel extricated a man and a woman from a car after a vehicle they were riding in reportedly rolled over in the 10800 block of Highway 88 Thursday outside of Jackson. Sometime after 3 p.m. a caller reported that a red Chevy Blazer had rolled over in a crash, and that 2 people were injured and pinned inside the vehicle. The Blazer came to rest on its top facing east, in the west-bound lane of Highway 88, laying in the ditch next to the road. 13 emergency vehicles responded, including Jackson Volunteer Fire Department, the CHP, American Legion Ambulance, CalFire and the Amador County Sheriff’s Office. Firefighters using Hurst extrication tools cut away parts of the Blazer to remove the two people inside. A man was removed first, on a flat yellow stretcher board, and placed on a rolling ambulance stretcher. He then sat up and stood up from the stretcher, before being placed back onto it and rolled to an ambulance. A woman was then removed on a flat stretcher and placed on another wheeled stretcher, and she sat up as medics checked her. Both the man and the woman were reportedly injured. The man had an apparent arm injury and the woman had an apparent injury to her forehead. Both seemed to be alert and speaking with emergency personnel when they were removed from the scene. The crash occurred just east of Bonnefoy Lane on Highway 88, and backed up traffic for about a half mile toward Jackson. The Blazer was completely off the roadway and traffic was passing by as the extrication was under way. Story by Jim Reece This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.-
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Amador County – Emergency personnel extricated a man and a woman from a car after a vehicle they were riding in reportedly rolled over in the 10800 block of Highway 88 Thursday outside of Jackson. Sometime after 3 p.m. a caller reported that a red Chevy Blazer had rolled over in a crash, and that 2 people were injured and pinned inside the vehicle. The Blazer came to rest on its top facing east, in the west-bound lane of Highway 88, laying in the ditch next to the road. 13 emergency vehicles responded, including Jackson Volunteer Fire Department, the CHP, American Legion Ambulance, CalFire and the Amador County Sheriff’s Office. Firefighters using Hurst extrication tools cut away parts of the Blazer to remove the two people inside. A man was removed first, on a flat yellow stretcher board, and placed on a rolling ambulance stretcher. He then sat up and stood up from the stretcher, before being placed back onto it and rolled to an ambulance. A woman was then removed on a flat stretcher and placed on another wheeled stretcher, and she sat up as medics checked her. Both the man and the woman were reportedly injured. The man had an apparent arm injury and the woman had an apparent injury to her forehead. Both seemed to be alert and speaking with emergency personnel when they were removed from the scene. The crash occurred just east of Bonnefoy Lane on Highway 88, and backed up traffic for about a half mile toward Jackson. The Blazer was completely off the roadway and traffic was passing by as the extrication was under way. Story by Jim Reece This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
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