4-27-2009(Camden County)CAMDEN State St. Bridge-M.V.A Rescue

At 6:30 p.m. Camden City Fire, EMS and Police were dispatched to the State Street Bridge at 10th and State Street for a M.V.A Rescue Assignment. Companies arrived to find a one vehicle accident with a vehicle overturned down an embankment and learning on the barrier right at the edge of the river with the occupant still trapped inside. Rescue 1 arrived and worked to stabilize the vehicle while EMS made pt. contact. Companies went in to operation to free the trapped occupant once the vehicle was stabilized to prevent it from rolling over. The patient was extricated and transported to Cooper Trauma Center by Camden BLS with Medics treating en route. Camden Police have the cause of the accident under investigation. This was the 2nd M.V.A Rescue for companies in the city for the day.

--Photos NJFG Ted Aurig