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Monday Morning Mayhem on Route 9
By Deputy Chief John Munson
February 17, 2014
Around 7:20 this Monday morning, Croton Fire units were dispatched to southbound Route 9 near Senasqua Road for a Motor-Vehicle Accident with injuries. On this assignment were Car 2083, E119, E120 & R18.
While units were responding, another accident occurred just to the north of this one, and 60 Control dispatched E118. Car 2083 (A/C Colombo) arrived and established the "Route 9 Command," reporting both incidents were close enough that the original assignment could handle it.
The first part of the accident involved one vehicle into the snow on the right shoulder. Part of the E119 crew along with CEMS 55B1 handled this, packaging and treating the one party involved.
E120 arrived and took a member of the E119 crew back to Station #3 to drive the second Croton EMS Ambulance (55B2) to the scene. The crew of R18, as well as the remaining crew of E119, assisted with triage, packaging and loading of the other three patients into 55B2, OVAC 74A1 and CCVAC 88B3. Two patients went "Advanced Life Support" to Westchester Medical Center, while the other two went "Basic Life Support" to Phelps Memorial Hospital.
Once the patients were on their way to the hospitals, Croton Fire personnel assisted with cleaning up spilled fluids and removing debris from the roadway. With southbound traffic shutdown at the peak of the Monday morning rush, traffic was reported to be backed up over two miles until the road was opened roughly an hour later.
In total, three vehicles were damaged and had to be towed away. More than a dozen CFD volunteers were on scene, and an additional crew remained available at Station #1 with Engine 118 and Car 2082.
