The morning rush hour was just coming to an end when we got a call for an MVA (motor vehicle accident). There was some confusion about where the accident actually was. We have two highways that run parallel about 50 meters apart. The dispatcher got several calls and it had been reported as the eastbound lanes of Highway 7, the eastbound lanes of Highway 407 and the westbound lanes of Highway 7. So at first we had three different trucks all heading for different on-ramps.

From what we could see at the scene, it looked like a red Honda Accord going west had crossed the median and hit a black Jaguar XJ6 almost head on. The cars were in the eastbound lanes of Hwy #7.

The air-bags had deployed in both cars. The driver of the Honda was out sitting on the curb. The ambulance beat us to the call and they were doing patient care. The driver of the black Jaguar was still in the vehicle.

The driver of the Jag was trapped in the vehicle. His foot was pinned between the dashboard and the floor. He appeared to have a broken ankle. The drivers door was already open and our first plan was to do a dash roll up. We placed a hydraulic ram between the dashboard and the corner of the door and began to push the dashboard up and away from the driver.

As the dash started to move the floorboards buckled up and pressed against the driver's broken ankle. We opened up some room but it was not enough to free the driver.

Our next plan was to remove the roof. We cut the posts and lifted it off. This gave us enough room to lift the patient straight up and back over the trunk of the car. The ambulance had already put a cervical collar and K.E.D. board on him.

The next day one of our rookies got his picture in the paper walking past the cut up car. He started a scrap book with it.

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