Two Airlifted After Long Fall Near Longneck

Emergency personnel were called to a scene of a traumatic injury on Lord Calvert Drive in the Captain’s Grant area of Sussex, Oak Orchard, at 1:37 PM.

Initial reports from the scene indicate a male fell off of a 16-foot ladder onto an elderly man.

The response included units from Indian River Fire Company, Sussex County Paramedics, Mid Sussex Rescue Squad, and Delaware State Police Aviation, which dispatched Trooper 2 for support.

Command requested a second helicopter after the initial dispatch. LifeNet2 and Trooper 2 have both lifted off from a nearby landing zone with patients on board. Both patients are currently en route to Christiana Hospital.

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