20210817 - City of Mount Juliet - Motor Vehicle Accident w/ Fire
Old Lebanon Dirt Road @ Nighthawk Lane - Shortly after 4:30 PM, City of Mt Juliet and Wilson County emergency responders were dispatched to a report of a single vehicle crash, into a tree, and the vehicle was on fire. Bystanders were reportedly attempting to remove the driver from the vehicle.
The first arriving units were officers from the Mt Juliet Police Department.
They were closely followed by Fire Dept. of Mt Juliet Rescue-3 & QRV-3 (B Shift) under the command of Lieutenant Andy Hassler [1120]. Prior to his arrival, he was advised by dispatch that a passerby was able to remove the driver from the wreckage. Upon arrival, Lt. Hassler confirmed these details and advised that QRV-3 would be tending to the victim and Rescue-3 would be beginning suppression of the vehicle fire.
While en route, Rescue-3 requested apparatus from Station 1 to respond to the scene as well. An ambulance from the Wilson County Emergency Management Agency was also responding to the scene.
Once Medic-10 arrived on scene, the patient was loaded into the back and removed to an area hospital, CPR in progress.
It has been confirmed that the subject was pronounced dead at the hospital.
Due to the nature of the incident, the Tennessee Highway Patrol was requested to investigate the accident.
The passerby that was able to successfully extricate the victim from the SUV was an Off-Duty Sheriff's Deputy from an undisclosed agency. Another good samaritan was a uniformed army soldier. Both rendered emergency treatments and provided CPR until the Ambulance arrived on the scene.
Read MoreThe first arriving units were officers from the Mt Juliet Police Department.
They were closely followed by Fire Dept. of Mt Juliet Rescue-3 & QRV-3 (B Shift) under the command of Lieutenant Andy Hassler [1120]. Prior to his arrival, he was advised by dispatch that a passerby was able to remove the driver from the wreckage. Upon arrival, Lt. Hassler confirmed these details and advised that QRV-3 would be tending to the victim and Rescue-3 would be beginning suppression of the vehicle fire.
While en route, Rescue-3 requested apparatus from Station 1 to respond to the scene as well. An ambulance from the Wilson County Emergency Management Agency was also responding to the scene.
Once Medic-10 arrived on scene, the patient was loaded into the back and removed to an area hospital, CPR in progress.
It has been confirmed that the subject was pronounced dead at the hospital.
Due to the nature of the incident, the Tennessee Highway Patrol was requested to investigate the accident.
The passerby that was able to successfully extricate the victim from the SUV was an Off-Duty Sheriff's Deputy from an undisclosed agency. Another good samaritan was a uniformed army soldier. Both rendered emergency treatments and provided CPR until the Ambulance arrived on the scene.
