183 Engine 2, Engine 1, and Rescue Respond to Motor Vehicle Accident with Multiple Injuries Around dinner time this evening 183 Station and Medic 11 were dispatched to East Broad Street between 4th and 5th Street in West Hazleton for a motor vehicle accident. Engine 2 quickly arrived to find two vehicle hit head-on with heavy front-end damage and fluids down. Crews requested a second Medic 11 units with a total of four patients. Crews tended to the injured and controlled fluids. Fire Police shut down East Broad Street in both directions. Rescue 1 and Engine 1 then arrived and assisted crews. Medic 11 transported four total patients to Lehigh Valley Hospital Hazleton. West Hazleton Police were on scene to investigate the cause of the accident.
As crews were clearing Bloomsburg Medic 91 was dispatched to Pizza Hut in West Hazleton for a male unresponsive in a vehicle. Engine 2 cleared the MVA and responded. Medic 11 quickly cleared the hospital and responded. Crews assisted Medic 11 who then transported the male to Lehigh Valley Hospital Hazleton.
