Monday, February 16, 2015

FIREFIGHTER/EMT's STRUCK ON INTERSTATE I-495-IN MARYLAND AND SERIOUSLY INJURED. SLOW DOWN DURING BAD WEATHER AND REDUCE YOUR SPEED AS YOU APPROACH EMERGENCY VEHICLES WORKING ON THE HIGHWAY






SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2015

ROCKVILLE, MARYLAND

Two volunteer Montgomery County emergency medical services personnel who were injured while helping at a crash scene on the Beltway are still in the hospital.

Glen Echo Fire Department EMT Thomas E. Schryver, 26, and EMT Sydney E. Marshall, 19, were both transported to Suburban Hospital after they were struck by a car while assisting at a crash scene on I-495 early Sunday morning. Montgomery County fire officials say they are resting and in good spirits on Monday morning. They also say that their conditions are improving and the prognoses for both are good.

At approximately 12:15 a.m., police said officers responded to the Inner Loop of I-495 at River Road for a report of a crash. The two EMS personnel had responded to a previous crash and were assisting patients inside a 2014 Toyota on the right shoulder of the inner loop. Police say Curcho lost control of his 2005 Ford F-150, skidded across two lanes, hitting the rear of the Toyota and striking both EMT personnel.

A county ambulance was also on the shoulder of the Inner Loop with emergency lights activated, police said. Before coming to a rest, the pickup truck also struck the ambulance. Police say it is ongoing investigation.

It is not known if the patients in the Toyota sustained additional injuries in the second crash. Police say they were transported to MedStar Hospital for treatment.

When the crash occurred, the roadway was covered in snow, police said.
The driver of the striking vehicle was identified as Maximillano A. Curcho, 34, of Clarksburg, Md. Police say he was also transported to Suburban Hospital.

The Maryland State Police Crash Team is conducting the ongoing investigation. Nothing has been ruled out at this time as a possible cause of the crash. No charges have been filed at this time, pending the outcome of evidence analysis and the crash investigation. Anyone who may have witnessed this crash is urged to contact the Maryland State Police Rockville Barrack at 301-424-2101.
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Sunday, February 15, 2015 

At just after midnight this morning, units from (Montgomery County, Maryland) stations 710, 711, and 726 were operating on the inner loop of I-495 just past River Road.
The crew from Ambulance 711 was assessing the occupants sitting in a car along the right shoulder before the primary accident scene.  Then, the ambulance crew, the original vehicle , and the ambulance  was stuck by a pickup truck.  The driver of the striking vehicle was identified as Maximillano A. Curcho, 34, of Clarksburg, Md. Police say he was also transported to Suburban Hospital.


This impact injured two (2) of the four (4) members of Ambulance 711’s crews and entrapped the original occupants sitting in the car.

Additional resources were called and  patient care was initiated. The  two injured members of Ambulance 711’s crew received serious injuries and were transported to Suburban Hospital trauma center with serious life threatening injuries. The other two crew members where un-injured.

The original three occupants of the car had to be extricated from the vehicle and all three were taken to Medstar trauma center. More to follow-keep them in your prayers.

GREAT RISKS ARE FACED BY FIREFIGHTERS, POLICE OFFICERS, EMS WORKERS, AND PUBLIC WORKS/HIGHWAY WORKERS EVERY SINGLE DAY AS THEY OPERATE ON THE ROADWAY

SLOW DOWN DURING BAD WEATHER AND REDUCE YOUR SPEED AS YOU APPROACH EMERGENCY VEHICLES WORKING ON THE HIGHWAY