Serious MVA on Christmas Eve
ROBBINSVILLE TOWNSHIP - December 24, 2007 - Engine 40 and Rescue 140 responded to an overturned vehicle with entrapment in the late evening hours of Christmas Eve. Firefighters were dispatched to Interstate 195 Eastbound near the NJ Turnpike entrance ramp and arrived to find an SUV on its roof blocking all lanes of Eastbound I-195. An elderly man was still inside the vehicle, semi-conscious with a serious head injury. Fire Division personnel quickly stabilized the vehicle and extricated the man. He was rushed to the Trauma Center at Capital Health System (CHS) – Fuld Campus in Trenton by Robbinsville firefighters and CHS paramedics.
Robbinsville Division of Fire was assisted at the scene by the Allentown First Aid Squad and Robert Wood Johnson EMS (Hamilton Township) who transported other occupants of the vehicle that experienced minor injuries. NJ State Police closed the Eastbound lanes of I-195 for several hours for the accident investigation and diverted all traffic onto Route 130.
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Story and photos courtesy of RTFD.