Happening Now: Route 13 Rollover Crash, Occupants Trapped

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Middletown – Rescue crews from the Odessa Fire Company, along with the Port Penn Fire Company, New Castle County Paramedics and Delaware State Police have responded to Route 13 in the Boyd’s Corner area for a rollover crash with entrapment.

Arriving units found a five vehicle accident with one vehicle on it’s top. New Castle County Paramedics, arriving first on the scene, began treating two patients that were trapped in the overturned vehicle.. Passers-by began directing traffic as medics worked to treat the patients. Several minutes later arriving fire crews began to extricate the patients from vehicle.  Crews worked for  approximately 10 minutes to extricate the patients before they were transported.

Two patients were observed being transported by ground ambulance both with a trauma alert requested.

Route 13 SB is only getting by on the shoulder.

Developing

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