| The King of Prussia Volunteer Fire Company and Lafayette Ambulance were dispatched before 11:30 a.m. to I76 Westbound at the Rt. 202 Southbound ramp for a tractor-trailer crash with entrapment.
First arriving units discovered an overturned tractor trailer blocking the roadway. It was quickly determined that the driver was trapped in the wreckage.
Chief Jim Gallagher from King of Prussia requested the Berwyn Fire Company and Swedeland Fire Company to assist with personnel and rescue tools due to the driver being heavily entangled in the wreckage.
Firefighters stabilized the tractor-trailer to ensure it would not move once the extrication effort began. Personnel from all agencies worked in tandem to free the victim from the cab by 12:04 p.m.
The subject was transported to a nearby landing zone by Lafayette Ambulance and then flown by PENNSTAR to a Philadelphia trauma center.
The Pennsylvania State Police are investigating the cause of the crash. The roadway in the area was closed for an extended period until the tractor-trailer could be removed from the scene.
There were no reported firefighter injuries during the incident. Berwyn units cleared the scene just by 12:45 p.m. |
