Double Fatality, Extrication in Lawrence, Indiana

At 7:29 am, on July 24, 2005, Engine 20, Ladder 40, Ambulance 17, Ambulance 47 and Battalion Car 2 were dispatched for a personal injury accident, confirmed entrapment with the vehicle down an embankment of approximately 20 plus feet, with moving water.

Upon arrival of Battalion Car 2 it was determined that there was a car that was inverted with two occupants. One partially ejected and one still trapped. By stander CPR was in progress. Upon arrival of Engine 20 and Ambulance 17, Paramedics made there way down the embankment to do a rapid trauma assessment of both patients. Engine 20 stretched a 1-