MVC W/ Rollover - Howell School Road / Summit Bridge Road
Friday, September 4, 2015
At 22:03 this evening, the New Castle County Fireboard alerted the VHC, along with ambulances from Stations 15(Delaware City) and 6 (Christiana Substation), for an motor vehicle collision with rollover reportedly involving a bus. Units arrived to find a school bus full of college students on its side with multiple patients. The first arriving units arrived and immediately called for additional ambulances and paramedic units to the incident. Crews worked with triaging, treating and packaging numerous patients. Mulitple patients were transported to area hospitals for treatment.
VHC Units Responding: Ambulances A-27, B-27, B-1 & A-1, Rescue 27, Mini 27-1, Engines 1-6 & 27-3, & Brush 1-0
Assisted by:
NCC Paramedic Units: 2,3,5,6, AlS 16, AlS 26, ALS 24, EMS3, Cecil County Paramedic Unit 3.
Ambulances: A-6 (Christiana), A-15 (Delaware City), B-3(Christiana), B-12(Christiana), A-9 (Aetna H,H&L of Newark), A-24 (Odessa), A-29 (Port Penn), A-8(Aetna H,H&L of Newark), B-15(Delaware City), UD-1 (University of Delaware), B-19 (Hockession), C-26 (Townsend) & Cecil Ambulance 292 (Chesapeake City).
We would like to extend our thanks to everyone who assisted with this large scale incident.