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The crash took place around 10:20 p.m., Wednesday, April 3, in the area of 4680 Black Rock Turnpike, said Fairfield Assistant Chief George Gomola.
Fairfield police PD arrived on scene and confirmed a large SUV with two victims trapped inside requiring extrication, and a large pickup truck on its side with the occupant unconscious and unresponsive. Gomola said.
When firefighters arrived on the scene Lt. Jay Swindon established command. He directed the crew of Ladder 2, firefighters Brian Madia, Matt Striebe, and Jeff Denitto to gain access to the unconscious victim in the pickup truck.
Madia used a rescue saw to remove the front windshield while Striebe crawled in the back window of crew cab pickup. Together they opened the airway and stabilized the driver. With the help of Denitto and the Medic Crew from AMR they quickly and safely removed the driver from the vehicle and transported to the hospital by AMR, he added.
At the same time, firefighters, Rich Carlo, Frank Zwierlein, and Jordan Charney worked hydraulic rescue tools and to rescue two women from the second vehicle, Gomola said.
Rescue 1 was assisted by firefighters from Engine 2 and Engine 5. Both victims were assisted by medic crews form AMR and transported to the Hospital with non-life threating injuries, he said.
Firefighters and police officers using thermal imaging cameras worked together to search the wooded area along Black Rock Turnpike for additional victims that may have been thrown out of the overturned pickup truck, Gomola said. No additional victims were found.
“Firefighters, police officers, and the medics from AMR did an excellent job quickly working together at the accident scene, providing emergency medical treatment, rapid extrication from an overturned vehicle and a heavily damaged SUV, and rapid transport to the hospital," Gomola said. "This was a job well done by all first responders."
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