On 5-9-2017 around 06:45 am Fire and EMS units from Southwest Allen County Indiana Fire District were alerted to a Personal Injury crash on Interstate 69 in the construction zone at the Southern Allen county line. A bridge was being replaced and a temporary bridge had been installed to divert traffic. For unknown reasons the semi truck drove through the barricades over a 2 foot pile of asphalt that had been removed. The semi continued down the creek bank coming to rest wedged under and against the new bridge abutment.
Units responding to the scene were
Fire 51 COD
Emergency 255 BLS Ambulance first due.
Engine 351
Engine 51
Truck 57
Three River Ambulance Authority Paramedic unit.
Roanoke Fire department Huntington County Mutual Aid Haz-Mat response for booms downstream.
When Units arrived the driver was pinned in the truck. A Haz-Mat was declared with an estimated 300 gallons of diesel and motor oil running into the creek. The patient was extricated and transported in critical condition. Booms were placed in the creek. at the crash site and several miles away in Huntington county. Sadly the patient was taken off life support several days later.
Photos by Chief Don Patanode.
Units responding to the scene were
Fire 51 COD
Emergency 255 BLS Ambulance first due.
Engine 351
Engine 51
Truck 57
Three River Ambulance Authority Paramedic unit.
Roanoke Fire department Huntington County Mutual Aid Haz-Mat response for booms downstream.
When Units arrived the driver was pinned in the truck. A Haz-Mat was declared with an estimated 300 gallons of diesel and motor oil running into the creek. The patient was extricated and transported in critical condition. Booms were placed in the creek. at the crash site and several miles away in Huntington county. Sadly the patient was taken off life support several days later.
Photos by Chief Don Patanode.
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