Liberty Hose Co. No. 2 - Incident Detail #599

On December 4th at 17:18, Dauphin County Engine-22 (Lykens) and Rescue-23 (Wiconisco), along with Ambulance Company-6 were dispatched to an accident in front of 26 Main Street in the Borough of Lykens. The accident, involving two vehicles, occurred directly in front of Chief 22-2, John Shultz's, residence. After hearing the crash, Chief 22-2 and his son, Matt, both of whom are EMT's, came out on the front porch to find two of the patients from one vehicle already out and sitting alongside the road. Chief Shultz attempted to contact Dauphin County by radio to report the crash. But there were problems reaching the County radio system that delayed the dispatch by several minutes. Engine-22 arrived on scene approximately three minutes after dispatch. Rescue-23's response time was a few minutes longer due to heavy traffic conditions in the area. One of the vehicles had Main Street blocked, and the driver was still confined inside. Fire and Rescue personnel quickly extricated the driver and assisted EMS with packaging the patient for transport. Main Street was reopened for traffic by 17:45, and all units had cleared the scene by 18:11.