East Sunrise and Helen [7-6-14]
At 17:54 hours on the evening of July 6th, 2014 the Freeport Fire Department was dispatched to a motor vehicle accident with entrapment and a car into a building. Responding units were given the location of East Sunrise Highway and Helen Avenue. Freeport First Assistant Chief Tommy Butler was among the first units to arrive on scene and confirmed a vehicle into a building with an additional vehicle requiring extrication. Freeport Heavy Rescue 217-2 was quickly on scene with the tool in operation. After a few minutes firefighters had the passenger door removed from a Mercedes Benz sedan and the passenger freed. The vehicle requiring extrication was one of three automobiles involved in the accident. A total of three people were transported from the scene to area hospitals [2351, 2371 and A219 transporting]. Freeport Engine 216 had one dry line stretched during the operation and NCPD ESU Unit 2424 was also on scene to provide assistance. All fire department units were under the command of Freeport First Assistant Chief Tommy Butler [2101].
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