M.V.A. August 7th, 2006
On August 7th, 2006 around 6:45 a.m. Haleyville Fire/Rescue responded to a 2 vehicle mva with injuries and entrapment. The driver of the car crossed the center line and struck the trailer of an 18 wheeler. The driver was pinned in the vehicle and suffered multiple fractures and lacerations. It took firefighters approximately 30 minutes to extricate the driver using the "jaws of life". Once extricated from the vehicle the driver was placed into an ambulance and then transported to Huntsville Hospital by Air-Evac Lifeteam of Muscle Shoals. Responding agencies and apparatus included: Haleyville Pumper 3, Rescue 1, Haleyville Police, Regional Paramedics Medic 214 and Air-Evac 16.
