Two Vehicle MVA With One Overturned

February 20, 2007...Vito Maggiolo

A major accident on I-295 sent two cars careening off the highway and created a complex rescue scenario for D.C. firefighters on Monday, February 20.

Units dispatched on a rescue assignment located the collision on Northbound I-295, north of Bolling Air Force Base. Both vehicles were on an incline, with one overturned partially atop the other. Further complicating the scene was treacherous footing due to ice, and that the vehicles were intertwined amongst small trees.

Rescue Squad 3 did extensive work stabilizing the vehicles and cutting open the overturned

car, so that its three trapped occupants could be safely freed. A fourth occupant was removed from the other vehicle.

All four victims were transported to area hospitals.