Wednesday, May 18, 2016

Daily Media Briefing May 18, 2016

Daily Media Briefing
May 18, 2016

(Millersville, MD) For the 48 hour period beginning at midnight on Monday, May 16th the Anne Arundel County Fire Department responded to 426 incidents (daily average is 220).

Incidents of Media Interest Tuesday, May 17th:

The department responded to 196 incidents (daily average is 220).

Injured Person                                                          Linthicum

One person was critically injured after being thrown from a commercial lawn mower Tuesday morning in Linthicum. Just before 7:30 a.m. firefighters were dispatched to the end of Kingwood Road for an injured person. Firefighters arrived in the 400 block of Kingwood Road and found a critically injured 57-year-old male. Witnesses reported to responders that the operator of the lawn mower was backing it off the trailer on a hill when he lost control, causing it to flip. He was transported by paramedics to Shock Trauma with injuries that were critical and possibly life-threatening.

Motor Vehicle Collision                                            Glen Burnie

One person was seriously injured early Tuesday morning in an accident involving a dirt bike. Around 1:45 a.m. firefighters responded to the area of the Home Depot, located at 66 Mountain Road for an auto accident. Firefighters found a single vehicle accident in which the operator and sole occupant of a dirt bike lost control and was thrown from his bike. The 19-year-old male patient was transported by paramedics to Shock Trauma with injuries that were serious but not believed life threatening.

Incidents of Media Interest Monday, May 16th:

The department responded to 230 incidents.

Motor Vehicle Collision                                            Jessup

One person was seriously injured in a two-vehicle accident Monday evening in Jessup. Just before 8:15 p.m. firefighters responded to an auto accident in the area of Annapolis Road and Milestone Parkway. Arriving firefighters located a two-vehicle, t-bone style auto accident. The driver and sole occupant of the vehicle sustaining the side impact, a 36-year-old male, was trapped in his vehicle. Firefighters extricated him in less than 15 minutes, and he was transported by paramedics to Shock Trauma with injuries that were serious but not life-threatening. The driver and sole occupant of the second vehicle did not require transport to the hospital.

Motor Vehicle Collision                                            Millersville


Four people were injured in an auto accident Monday evening in Millersville. Just after 5:20 p.m. firefighters responded to the 8300 block of Veterans Highway, near Brightview Drive, for an auto accident. Arriving personnel located a two-vehicle, head-on collision. The 27-year-old male driver and sole occupant of one vehicle was transported by paramedics to Shock Trauma with injuries that were serious but not believed life-threatening. The 31-year-old driver of the second vehicle and an 8-year-old female passenger were both transported by paramedics to the John Hopkins Children's Center with injuries that were also serious but not believed life threatening. A third passenger in the vehicle, an 11-year-old female was transported to Baltimore Washington Medical Center with minor injuries.

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