Daily Local News (West Chester, PA)

Five injured in three-vehicle crash

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Five people were hurt in a three-car accident Feb. 21 in Penn Township.

Emergency services providers from across the southern end of Chester County responded to the crash in Penn Township on Kelton Road that sent five victims to the hospital. The West Grove Fire Company was alerted for a serious crash at 2:25 p.m., with entrapment.

The West Grove Fire Co. responded with multiple units and two basic support ambulances. Also initially requested was a medic unit from Longwood as both of Medic 94’s units were on previous calls. During the response, Medic 94-1 made the response from the Elkton area returning from Union Hospital. With reports of additional patients, responding units added an additional BLS unit to the response (Oxford).

First arriving units reported two vehicles crashed, with some people still in vehicles and some on the ground alongside the roadway. A third involved vehicle was also discovered. One crashed vehicle, a four door SUV, was in the roadway with serious front end damage and appeared to have rolled over, and a second SUV was off the roadway with heavy front end damage. The third vehicle was 250 feet away from the scene.

Firefighte­rs and EMTs immediatel­y began to triage patients. Crews from Squad 22 and Engine 22-1 joined forces, with firefighte­rs beginning to work on freeing the driver of the white SUV off the roadway. A second team worked on the patients on the ground alongside the roadway, with additional firefighte­rs beginning efforts to get multiple patients out of the blue SUV in the roadway. That effort took some time and the use of rescue tools to gain access to safely remove one patient. A fourth BLS ambulance was requested as crews were dealing with a crowded scene and a potential of as many as eight people to be evaluated.

Some were removed and transporte­d quickly, and some had to be removed from vehicles with rescue efforts and then transporte­d. Ultimately, three crash victims were identified as needing ALS (advanced life support) and were transporte­d to area hospitals. Two BLS patients were also transporte­d to hospitals, and three victims refused EMS services. One patient went to Nemours Hospital, and four went to the trauma center at Christiana Hospital.

West Grove Fire Co. units were on scene for about 90 minutes, with fire police remaining for much longer while State Police from Avondale conducted the investigat­ion.

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