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Afternoon Collision: South Riverside and Brook Street
By CFD Reporter
December 4, 2012
At 14:55 Croton Fire, EMS and Police were summoned to a two-car motor-vehicle accident on South Riverside Avenue at Brook Street. Montrose VA FD Engine 224 was on a detail in the area and came upon the accident as it happened, and began providing medical attention right away.
On the assignment from CFD was Rescue 18, Engine 119 and all three Chiefs. The accident involved two cars with two occupants in each. One elderly male sustained head and facial injuries, and an elderly woman in the same vehicle also received injuries. The two occupants in the second vehicle both refused medical assistance.
FD personnel disconnected the battery in both vehicle, contained spilled fluids, assisted EMS packaging the injured and detoured traffic in the area. Command placed the incident under control at 15:16, holding units pending the removal of both vehicles. Due to one Croton ambulance being down for repair, Ossining 74B1 responded Mutual Aid.
Two patients were taken to Westchester Medical Center for evaluation. Later that evening, the elderly male patient passed away, possibly from his injuries from this accident.
