Vehicle Extrication

Floyd Medical Center EMT Desiree Hartmann was speaking with dispatchers while following a wrong-way driver when she witnessed the head-on collision

Firefighters were transported to the hospital for evaluation

The pickup was hanging from the bridge only by a set of "safety chains" attached to a camper trailer

Firefighters struggled to maneuver apparatus and calls were made to deliver sand and kitty litter for the roads

Firefighters and EMS providers from the Los Angeles County Fire Department Station 106 described the extrication process and lessons learned

Los Angeles County Fire Chief Daryl Osby said Woods was trapped in the car, and fire crews got him out of the car using a tool for prying and an axe

At least 36 people were transported from the pileup on an icy road near downtown Fort Worth

Stamford firefighters raced to lift a man and woman from the truck, which was submerged 40 feet off shore and surrounded by broken ice

FDNY Deputy Chief Paul Hopper said patients suffered injuries consistent with the 50-foot fall from the bridge to an access road below

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The Denver Fire Department urged motorists to yield to emergency vehicles after the shift commander's vehicle was struck by another car

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Ellinwood Fire Chief Chris Komarek said the truck was traveling at high speed when it crashed into the station, sparking a fire