Accidents require multiple agency response
Shortly after 7 P.M. Saturday evening March 26, Lawrence County E-911 received a call of an ATV accident on Irish Creek Road between the Webbville and Blaine area. The caller reported that a single male, (still unidentified by Lawrence Co. EMS) who was the driver of the ATV, had gone over a steep hillside ravine and had suffered “significant” injuries and was mostly unresponsive.
Multiple fire and rescue agencies quickly responded to the accident scene, where emergency crews and personnel discovered the injured party was located around 150 feet down a steep hillside ravine.
Rappelling equipment was brought in to “help retrieve” in the rescue of the injured man, whose identity has not yet been revealed by emergency officials.
The rescue took well over an hour to bring the injured man from the rough hillside terrain to a waiting ambulance that brought the patient to a landing zone to transport him via an air medical ambulance helicopter from Healthnet 7 / Kentucky 9, out of Debord, Kentucky; in Martin County; to a hospital trauma center in Huntington, West Virginia. The man’s condition remains unknown at this time.
The following fire and rescue departments that responded to help get the the injured ATV rider off the hill and to a landing zone so he could be flown to a trauma center were: Netcare Ambulance Lawrence County, Lawrence County Emergency Management, Fallsburg Fire Department, City of Louisa Fire Department, Lawrence County Search and Rescue, Webbville Volunteer Fire Department and Healthnet 7 / Kentucky 9 air medical transport.
The ATV accident marked the second vehicle accident of the day in the local area
Shortly before 5 P.M., the City of Louisa Fire Department and Netcare Ambulance Lawrence County responded to a motor vehicle accident at the intersection of KY 2565 and U.S. 23.
Two unidentified individuals who were involved in the car accident were transported by ambulances to Three Rivers Medical Center with what was described as “minor to moderate” injuries.
The Levisa Lazer will provide further updates on both accidents (especially the ATV wreck) if any additional information can be gathered.