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Vehicle Extrication

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Person Hospitalized After Vehicle Rolls Over, Hits Tree In Manchester Person Hospitalized After Vehicle Rolls Over, Hits Tree In Manchester
Person Hospitalized After Vehicle Rolls Over, Hits Tree In Manchester One person was sent to a hospital after their vehicle rolled over and slammed into a tree by Interstate 384 in Hartford County.  The crash happened on Thursday afternoon, Feb. 2, when the vehicle hit the tree and also became wedged against a guardrail, according to Manchester Fire Rescue EMS.  Because the car was pinned, the occupant had to be extricated. First responders were able to accomplish this by stabilizing the vehicle with struts, cutting the guardrail out of the way so they could have better access, and then cutting off the vehicle's roof with hydraulic tools to free the driver. …

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by Ben Crnic
Police & Fire
Victims Extracted From Separate Crashes Overnight In CT Victims Extracted From Separate Crashes Overnight In CT
Victims Extracted From Separate Crashes Overnight In CT A fire department in Fairfield County performed two separate vehicle extractions overnight.  The first extrication in Norwalk occurred at the intersection of Highland Avenue and Wilson Avenue, in the Rowayton section of the city, just after 4 p.m. Friday, Aug. 6. Norwalk firefighters assisted the Rowayton Volunteer firefighters with extricating a lone male driver from a Mitsubishi Outlander that had rolled onto its driver’s side door, after colliding with a pickup truck, said Deputy Chief Edward Prescott of the Norwalk Fire Department. The roof of the vehicle was removed to allow…

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by Kathy Reakes