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Ga. firefighters save woman with Jaws of Life

Woman lost control of car, slammed into tree; firefighters couldn’t open passenger door, used Jaws of Life to cut off driver’s side door

By Ryan Houston
WALB

ALBANY, Ga. — An Albany woman is recovering at Phoebe Putney Hospital, after a single car accident.

It happened at 107 Merritt Drive around 5:30 this morning. Battalion Chief James Ambrose, says the woman lost control of her car and slammed into a tree.

Firefighters tried to open the passenger door. But when that didn’t work, they used the jaws of life to cut off her driver’s side door.

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