Motor Vehicle Accident with Entrapment - Highway 14 near Range Road 3071

At 9:21 a.m., the Saskatoon Fire Department (SFD) was requested by Asquith Fire Department to attend a motor vehicle accident with a patient trapped. Dispatched to the scene were a fire engine, a rescue unit and the Battalion Chief.

On arrival, SFD supported Asquith Fire with a semi tractor trailer and an SUV involved in an accident. SFD began setting up scene safety and prepared to remove one patient that was trapped in the SUV. Asquith Fire attended to the driver of the semi. At 9:43 a.m., by using a hydraulic cutting tool, SFD removed the patient from the vehicle and patient care was transferred to the ambulance service.

SFD remained on scene to assist Asquith Fire with cleaning up fluid leaking from the semi. The scene was cleared by 10:52 a.m.