TECHNICAL RESCUE ON INDIAN TRAIL. ONE ADULT MALE SERIOUSLY INJURED
SUFFOLK, Virginia (July 30, 2022): Suffolk Fire & Rescue responded to the 5900 Blk. Of Indian
Trail, in Holland, for a technical rescue. Emergency Communications dispatched the incident at
9:53 a.m.
Engine 7 and Medic 7, arrived at 10:04 a.m. to find an adult male pinned under an excavator a
half-mile off the roadway. Suffolk Fire & Rescue’s technical rescue team used specialized
rescue equipment and techniques to lift the excavator off the patient’s lower extremities while
Advance Life Support care was being provided by paramedics. The patient was extricated at
10:24 a.m. The single patient was transported by ground to a trauma canter with serious
injuries.
Responding units included Battalion 2, Engine 2, Engine 7, Ladder 6, Rescue 1, Medic 7,
EMS1, and Safety 1.
Credit: Suffolk Fire Rescue (VA)
