Wednesday, June 1, 2016

Daily Media Briefing June 1, 2016

(Millersville, MD) For the 24 hour period beginning at midnight on Tuesday, May 31st the Anne Arundel County Fire Department responded to 260 incidents (daily average is 220).

Incidents of Media Interest Tuesday, May 31st:

Fatal Motor Vehicle Collision                      Maryland City

One driver was killed and another sustained life-threatening injuries in an auto accident on Laurel Fort Meade Road Tuesday night. Just after 10:00 p.m. firefighters responded to the 3300 block of Laurel Fort Meade Road, near the Baltimore Washington Parkway, for a reported auto accident. Arriving firefighters located a high-speed head-on collision between two vehicles. The driver of one vehicle, a male estimated to be in his early 30’s, was heavily trapped in his vehicle and declared deceased on the scene by paramedics. The driver of the second vehicle, a 25-year-old male, was transported by paramedics to Shock Trauma with critical, life-threatening injuries.

Injured Person                                              Shady Side

A juvenile was transported to Shock Trauma Tuesday evening following a fall on a pier in Shady Side. Just after 7:00 p.m. firefighters responded to the 1100 block of Maple Avenue for an injured person. Firefighters located a 15-year-old male patient who had sustained a possible head injury when he fell on a pier. A Maryland State Police helicopter was requested and landed at the Shady Side Elementary School. The patient was transported by helicopter to Shock Trauma with injuries that were serious but not believed life-threatening.

Injured Person                                              Hanover


One person was seriously injured Tuesday morning after falling from a three-story rooftop. Just before 11:00 a.m. firefighters responded to the 2700 block of Prospect Hill Drive for a person injured in a long fall. Firefighters arrived to find a 26-year-old male construction worker in a new home community who had fallen from the roof a distance of 28-30 feet. Paramedics transported the patient to Shock Trauma with injuries that were serious, but not believed life threatening. Notification was made to Maryland Occupational Safety and Health for investigation purposes.


Around 8:45 p.m. Tuesday evening firefighters responded for a pile of
trash on  fire inside the 
Waste Management, Inc., located in the 8000
block of Brock  Bridge Road in Jessup. Employees 
had reported a fire
in a 400-ton pile of trash. Fortunately, the building's automatic sprinkler
contained 
the fire and allowed firefighters to extinguish the
fire completely in about 40 minutes.

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