| Odom
South Extrication |
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by Michael Cossey |
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At 10 a.m.
Friday morning (Feb. 2), Maumelle Police & Fire Communications received
numerous 911 calls reporting a single-vehicle accidents near the intersection
of South Odom Blvd. and Club Manor Drive. Maumelle firefighters responded
and were on scene in less than three minutes. Upon arriving, they found a
single vehicle with the occupant still
inside.
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Firefighters
gained access to the driver and lone occupant through the back seat and
immediately began emergency medical care. The front doors of the SUV were
jammed shut during the collision -- when the vehicle left the eastbound
lanes of South Odom and struck a tree head-on. Maumelle firefighters used
hydraulic rescue tools -- commonly referred to as the "Jaws of Life" -- to
force open the front driver door so the driver could be
removed.
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The
impact of the SUV with the tree sent debris flying dozens of yards past the
collision site.
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The driver
was transported by Metropolitan EMS to a local hospital with injuries that
were not believed to be life-threatening. The accident was the first extrication
for Maumelle firefighters in 2007. The Maumelle Fire Department responded
to 73 motor vehicle accidents in 2006, including four that required the use
of the Jaws of Life to allow for the rescue of the
occupant(s).
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