Vehicle Extrication

Sans gear, Nicholas Perri Jr. "gained access to the well-involved vehicle and successfully removed the badly injured female driver," the Brookfield FD said

Colton firefighters stabilized the car in the water and used a Jaws of Life tool to pull off a door; EMS providers transported both survivors to a trauma center

Monroe firefighters were forced to cut out the windshield and pull the driver onto a boat; EMS providers transported the patient to a hospital

Lincoln Fire & Rescue extricated a woman from the crashed vehicle and transported her to a medical facility where she later died

Seven fire trucks, six ambulances and a medical helicopter responded to the incident, and providers transported victims to four area medical centers

Heavy fire and smoke caused confusion about who was injured, said LAFD Deputy Chief Richard Fields, who described the extrication and transport timing

About 10 people gathered around the vehicle's bumper and worked together, according to the El Paso Fire Department

Footage released by the Boise Fire Department showed firefighters freeing the man by cutting off the roof of the vehicle

"I started pulling that stuff out, and once I seen a a clear path, I just started instructing the two guys," said Macon-Bibb Lt. Dennis Maxwell

Jackie Henry was traveling with four passengers in the SUV, including her daughter and the widow of a Richville volunteer firefighter who was preparing to bury her husband

Firefighter Ryan Warnock was helping to stabilize the vehicle for extrication when one of the occupants hit the gas, causing the car to shift

A technical rescue team, Stamford police and Stamford EMS responded, treated and transported her

Lifeguards also extricated two women from the crashed vehicle; one woman was transported to a hospital as firefighters worked to remove the car

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A man was trapped in an overturned tractor-trailer carrying raw chicken