MILLERSVILLE, Md. - For the 24
hour period beginning at midnight on Monday, June 27th the Anne Arundel County Fire Department
responded to 231 incidents (daily average is 220).
Incidents of Media
Interest Since Midnight
Motor Vehicle Collision Deale
An early morning motor
vehicle collision seriously injured one person in Deale. Around 1:20 this
morning firefighters responded to the 5500 block of Deale Churchton Road for a
vehicle collision. Firefighters located a
single vehicle accident in which a pickup truck struck a tree. The 22-year-old female and lone occupant of the
vehicle was transported by paramedics to the Trauma Center at Prince
George’s Hospital with injuries that were serious but not life-threatening.
Incidents of Media Interest Monday, June 27th:
Fireworks Injury Lake
Shore
Members of the Fire and
Explosives Investigation Unit are investing an incident involving fireworks
that injured a 19-year-old male in Lake Shore Monday evening. Investigators were notified by the Emergency Department at
Baltimore Washington Medical Center that they were treating a patient injured
by fireworks. Investigators proceeded to the hospital to interview the patient.
The investigation has revealed that the
patient and a friend were using ground-based
sparklers, which had been purchased in
Anne Arundel County, on a community pier. One of the devices malfunctioned and
exploded in the face of the patient, injuring both of his eyes. The patient was driven
to BWMC by his friend. BWMC referred the patient to the Wilmer Eye Institute at
Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore. He was treated at Wilmer and released early
this morning with no apparent permanent eye damage but with concussive damage
to his ears. The incident remains under investigation.
Despite federal and state
regulations on the type of fireworks available for sale to the general public,
even those fireworks that are sold legally carry an elevated risk of personal
injury. For example, sparklers, which
are legal in the majority of states, burn at temperatures nearing 1200°F. Their
colorful sparks distract from the potential dangers. In a 2013 report on
fireworks, the NFPA reported that
"89% of the fireworks injuries treated in hospital emergency rooms
involved fireworks that Federal regulations permit consumers to use.”
Bicyclist Struck Glen
Burnie
Paramedics transported a
68-year-old female bike rider to Shock Trauma Monday morning after she collided
with an auto in Glen Burnie. Firefighters responded to the incident in the area
of Dorsey Road and Aviation Boulevard around 8:30 Monday morning. Witnesses
reported to paramedics that the operator rode into the side of a moving auto.
The patient was transported with injuries
that were serious but not believed life-threatening.
Injured Person Friendship
A patient was flown to Shock Trauma Monday morning after
falling off a horse in Friendship. Just after 8:05 a.m. firefighters responded
to the 7000 block of Old Solomons Island Road for an injured person.
Firefighters located a 53-year-old female with injuries sustained after falling
from a horse. A Maryland State Police helicopter was requested and landed at
the scene. The patient was transported by helicopter with serious but not
believed life-threatening injuries.
Bicyclist Struck Pasadena
Paramedics transported a
bicyclist to Shock Trauma early Monday morning after an auto struck him in
Pasadena. Firefighters responded to the incident in the area of Mountain Road
and Jumpers Hole Road just before 3:30 a.m. The 15-year-old male patient was
transported with serious but not believed life-threatening injuries.
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