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Blvd. MVA |
Photos
by Michael Cossey |
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Upon
arriving on scene at this two-vehicle accident, firefighters found a vehicle
in the median of Maumelle Blvd. with seven occupants and a second vehicle
with one trapped occupant off the road on the northbound shoulder.
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In
all, Maumelle's Engine 1, Maumelle volunteer firefighters, North Little Rock
Engine 4, three Metropolitan EMS ambulances and MedFlight responded to the
scene.
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The
incident was the 17th injury accident of the year along Maumelle Blvd. and
the fifth extrication of the year for Maumelle firefighters. All five
extrications -- including one as mutual aid in North Little Rock -- have
been accidents on Maumelle Blvd.
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Traffic
was backed up into North Little Rock for more than two hours in the northbound
lanes of Maumelle Blvd. as patients were treated and police investigated
the accident. The incident was the first motor vehicle-related fatality in
the city limits in more than a year. A person was struck and killed by a
car on Hwy. 365 in the Morgan Commercial District in July 2004.
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