| Berwyn Fire & EMS crews were dispatched to Manor Care of Devon at 1:19 p.m. for an overturned vehicle in the parking lot with entrapment. The Chester County 911 Center received multiple calls from the nursing staff who rushed out to assist the injured.
Moments after Fire & EMS crews responded, Battalion Chief John Sly of the Westwood Fire Company was driving in the area and came across the crash and advised responding units he was on scene confirming an overturned vehicle with two patients trapped.
First responders arrived to find an overturned passenger vehicle in the parking lot. Fire and EMS crews went immediately to work stabilizing the vehicle and assessing the condition of the injured. An addition ambulance and medic was requested from Radnor Fire Company to assist. The first patient was extricated five minutes after the arrival of rescue personnel. The second was freed moments later. While EMS crews assessed and treated the patients, firefighters simultaneously secured the hazards from the overturned vehicle.
Both patients were transported to Paoli Hospital. All units were clear of the scene by 2:15 p.m. |
