Three flown to shock trauma in Route 140 accident
April 17, 2010 By Kevin Dayhoff
An accident at 8:23 Friday evening at Route 140 and Gorsuch Road in Westminster resulted in several people hurt.
Two Maryland State Police medevac helicopters landed in the westbound lane of Route 140 and three individuals were flown to the R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center with unknown injuries.
Route 140 was closed for over an hour as emergency rescue personnel from the Maryland State Police, the Westminster Police Department, Westminster, Reese, Pleasant Valley, and Winfield Volunteer Fire Departments responded with multiple pieces of equipment including five medic units, a heavy rescue unit, and several engines.
When the first units arrived on the scene, they found that a Jeep and a Ford sedan had collided at the busy intersection leaving two individuals trapped. The occupants of the Jeep were unhurt.
Extrication procedures were immediately implemented as additional units were called to the scene.
Scores of onlookers crowded the parking lots of the Olive Garden and McDonalds to witness the hard work of the emergency responders and the rescue.
About a dozen fire, medical and rescue personnel swarmed over the vehicle in an intermittent drizzle to quickly free the trapped individuals with specialized equipment including the Jaws of Life as they removed a large portion of the side of the sedan.
According to Westminster Fire Department spokesperson Robin Stansbury, the cause of the accident has yet to be determined and the condition of those injured was not available.
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