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BRADLEY COUNTY, Tenn -Friday, February 8,2007 - 4:00 pm - First Responders
and emergency workers with the Bradley County Fire Department and Bradley
County Rescue were dispatched to a crash, between a semi truck and a flatbed
rollback wrecker, on Spring Place Road at Mason Road. Before rescuers could
even arrive on the scene, Bradley County Sheriffs Officers were reporting a
serious situation with major entrapment. Within minutes, Rescuers arrived
and got their first look at the horrific scene they were faced with.
A witness said that the semi tractor trailer, loaded with logs, was
traveling north on Spring Place Road. The rollback wrecker was pulling onto
Spring Place Road. The witness was not exactly sure on the particulars of
who had the right of way or how fast they were going, but the semi truck
struck the rollback, flipping it over on it’s top. At this point bought of
the vehicles slid off the roadway and across a ditch line. When the semi and
the wrecker came to rest, the tractor was on top of the over turned wrecker.
Rescuer immediately determined this was going to be a major extrication.
Crews quickly called for more help, including a large rescue recovery
wrecker from Doug Yates Wrecker Service in Chattanooga. Rescue workers
quickly started setting up air bags and power hydraulics to start working
their way into the wreckage. The driver of the wrecker was not only trapped,
but he was inside and under the wreckage so bad that crews could not get to
him immediately.
Rescue crews had an obvious grim outlook on the end result of the extricate
and after about thirty minutes of work to free the driver their fears became
reality. The driver had been fatally injured on impact. Emergency workers
distraught faces reflected the displeasure with not being able to save the
mans life. Officers with the Tennessee State Patrol are investigating the
crash.
Story and photos by Bill Carson
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