Franklin and 2nd [8-16-14]

Around 10:30 hours on the morning of August 16th the Garden City Fire Department was dispatched to a motor vehicle accident involving a car versus pole at the intersection of Franklin Avenue and 2nd Street. When units arrived on scene they were met with a single vehicle accident in which a BMW sedan had struck a utility pole. Garden City Police who had arrived on scene moments before the fire department advised firefighters that lone occupant in the vehicle did not survive the crash. With the accident now a crime scene firefighters stood by as police began the investigation process. The force of the impact jolted the pole and cracked the surrounding concrete around it. Some three plus hours after the accident first happened the vehicle was removed from the scene by a NCPD ESU tow truck. Firefighters tended to the remaining spill on the ground and were then released. All fire department units were under the command of Garden City First Assistant Chief Joe Nadolny [1401].