Rescue Assignment For One Trapped

February 22, 2007...Vito Maggiolo

An elderly man had to be extricated after overturning his vehicle on Rock Creek Parkway north of Massachusetts Avenue on Thursday afternoon, February 22nd.

A rescue assignment dispatched on the late afternoon call found the vehicle on its side with the one occupant within. Rescue Squad 1 stabilized the van, and than cut free the roof so the victim could be safely packaged and removed.

The patient was transported by medic unit to a local trauma center.