AUTO VS. POLE 10/22/06
On Sunday, October 22, Battalion 14 responded to a Physical Rescue at 12111 Saticoy St. in Fire Station 89s District. First units on scene found a small compact sedan that had impacted a street light standard at a high rate of speed.
Members of Task Force 89, Engine 77, Engine 81, Rescue 889 and Rescue 89 initiated a Physical Rescue operation to free the trapped driver of the vehicle. Fortunately the driver was the only occupant and there were no other vehicles involved.
The driver was quickly extricated and members immediately prepared the patient for transport while continuing their potentially life saving emergency medical treatment.
The vehicle struck the street light standard on the passenger side and compressed the vehicle in a manner that led emergency responders to believe that if a passenger was riding in the front seat that passenger most likely would not have survived.
The force of the impact sent the large sodium light fixture hanging from the standard crossarm flying through the air above the vehicle. The light fixture destroyed a neon storefront sign approximately 25 feet above the adjacent sidewalk.
Members of Task Force 89, Engine 77, Engine 81, Rescue 889 and Rescue 89 initiated a Physical Rescue operation to free the trapped driver of the vehicle. Fortunately the driver was the only occupant and there were no other vehicles involved.
The driver was quickly extricated and members immediately prepared the patient for transport while continuing their potentially life saving emergency medical treatment. 
The vehicle struck the street light standard on the passenger side and compressed the vehicle in a manner that led emergency responders to believe that if a passenger was riding in the front seat that passenger most likely would not have survived.
The force of the impact sent the large sodium light fixture hanging from the standard crossarm flying through the air above the vehicle. The light fixture destroyed a neon storefront sign approximately 25 feet above the adjacent sidewalk.
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I would have thought the pole would have gone down before it got that far into the vehicle. Was the vehicle sliding sideways when the impact occured?
Keep up the good work, and stay safe!
Mark
Portland, OR
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Keep up the good work, and stay safe!
Mark
Portland, OR
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