Daily Media Briefing July 13, 2016

MILLERSVILLE, Md. - For the 24 hour period beginning at midnight on Tuesday, July 12 the Anne Arundel County Fire Department responded to 209 incidents (daily average is 220).

Incidents Since Midnight

Motor Vehicle Collision                                            Friendship

A single vehicle accident in Friendship Wednesday morning seriously injured one person. Firefighters responded to the 6900 block of Old Solomons Island Road, near Bella Vista Drive around 4:30 a.m. Firefighters located a single vehicle accident with the car overturned. One of the two occupants, a 21-year-old male, was seriously injured and transported by paramedics to the trauma center at Prince George’s Hospital Center injuries believed to be non-life-threatening. The second occupant of the vehicle did not require hospital transport.

Incidents of Media Interest Tuesday, July 12:

Motor Vehicle Collision                                            Arnold

A head-on collision in Arnold Tuesday afternoon sent six people to area trauma centers. Firefighters responded to the area of College Parkway and Green Holly Drive just after 4:45 p.m. Firefighters arrived to find a two-vehicle, head-on collision, with an adult patient and two pediatric patients in each vehicle. Two occupants were trapped in one of the vehicles, and they were extricated in about 30 minutes. Two Maryland State Police medevac helicopters were requested to assist with transporting patients. Three occupants of one vehicle, the 44-year-old male driver and the 13 and 10-year-old male passengers were transported to the R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center with serious, but not believed life-threatening injuries. The occupants of the second vehicle were flown to trauma centers at John Hopkins Hospital. The 45-year-old female driver and an 11-year-old female passenger both had injuries that were serious but not believed life-threatening. The 8-year-old male passenger had critical but not believed life-threatening injuries.

Motor Vehicle Collision                                            Glen Burnie

Paramedics transported one person to the trauma center following an auto accident on Aviation Boulevard Tuesday morning. Firefighters responded to the two-vehicle accident on Aviation Boulevard near Cromwell Park Drive around 11:40 a.m. They located a two-vehicle accident with one driver trapped. The trapped driver and sole occupant, a 72-yaer-old male, was extricated in about 15 minutes and then transported by paramedics to the R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center with injuries that were possibly serious and not believed life-threatening. The driver of the second vehicle did not require hospital transport.

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