Tag Archives | Vehicle Extrication

Guard Rail Slices Through Car in Little Canada Crash

This post was sent to Twin Cities Fire Wire this week, but the incident occurred in December 2012. If you would like to submit photos and information to us, please e-mail to: info@twincitiesfirewire.com. Dec. 5 – The driver of this vehicle escaped with minor injuries after the guard rail penetrated the passenger compartment in Little [...]

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Driver Freed After Colliding with Bridge in Shoreview

Feb. 2 – Lake Johanna firefighters extricated the driver of a pickup truck after it crashed into a bridge abutment on Interstate 694 in Shoreview on Saturday. The crash happened on Interstate 694, west of Rice Street and crews freed the driver, who was transported by Allina EMS to a St. Paul hospital.     [...]

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Eagan Responds to Fatal Fire and Rollover Sunday

Jan. 20 – Eight hours after Eagan firefighters were called to a fatal dwelling fire, they were dispatched to a rollover crash that claimed the life of a 66-year-old man on Sunday. About 6:20 a.m., Engine 5 and Ladder 2 arrived to find heavy smoke and fire coming from all openings of one unit of [...]

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St. Paul Crews Extricate 2 from 2 Crash Scenes

Dec. 1 – St. Paul firefighters used their extrication equipment at two crash scenes, involving seven cars, in less than an hour. Shortly after 4 p.m., firefighters were dispatched to an accident with possible entrapment at Concordia and Snelling Avenues. Ladder 20 arrived to a crash involving five vehicles with one person trapped inside a [...]

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3 Transported from St. Paul Rollover Accident

Nov. 23 – St. Paul medics transported three people to the hospital following a two vehicle crash, in which one vehicle ended up on the roof and one person was ejected. A St. Paul police officer called in the crash on Minnehaha Avenue, between Kennard and  Flandrau Streets, about 3:45 p.m. An eastbound vehicle struck [...]

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Roseville Crews Free Patient from Car, Truck Crash

Aug. 15 – Roseville firefighters extricated a woman after her car slammed into the rear of a fuel delivery truck early Tuesday morning. The duty crew was dispatched to County Road C and Long Lake Road for a report of a motor vehicle accident with injuries around 3 a.m. Units found a passenger car that [...]

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Burnsville Crews Free Victim from I-35W Crash

May 26 – As storms swept through the south metro on Saturday afternoon, Burnsville fire crews extracted a person from a crash on Interstate 35W. About 3:20 p.m. they were dispatched to I-35W near Cliff Road for single vehicle crash with a vehicle on its side. Engine 22 arrived and reported one person trapped. The [...]

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