The Upper Nazareth Fire Dept. was dispatched at 1:37 AM for a motor vehicle accident with entrapment on Newburg road near Silver crest rd. While in route as police where giving updates station 53 was added to the call. 5454 Captain Fassl was first fire officer on scene and established command. Station 54 and station 53 worked in parallel from the driver’s side to the passenger side to extricate which was a extended amount of time due to the mechanism of crash zone of the vehicle. Paramedics on scene requested Penn Star air medical to fly. At this point station 40 was added to the call for a landing zone. Because of weather Penn star refused the flight. Newburg road was closed for over 4 hours as crews worked the scene. All units cleared around 6:00AM.
Units:
5412, 5413, 5442
Mutual Aid:
Hecktown Fire 5341 Bath Fire 4011, EMS 50 Nazareth , EMS 17 Bethlehem township.
