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Upper Pine Firefighters respond to fatal MVA


By THOMAS AURNHAMMER Senior Correspondent

1st Responder Network	Story Number 081406122

By Tom Aurnhammer

Fatal MVA in 40,000 block of US 160.

By Tom Aurnhammer

Upper Pine Fire Medic 61 transports patient from MVA scene.

By Tom Aurnhammer

Chief Rich Geaeber (L) confers with Battalion Chief Tim Walter (R).

By Tom Aurnhammer

Upper Pine Fire Engine 61 at the scene of the fatal MVA.

By Tom Aurnhammer

Car v. Semi-Truck on US 160.

By Tom Aurnhammer

Firefighter standing-by with a protection line.

By Tom Aurnhammer

Firefighter working to open vehicle hood.

By Tom Aurnhammer

Upper Pine Fire Rescue 61 at the MVA scene.

UPPER PINE RIVER, CO - On August 14, 2006, at approximately 10:00 a.m., the Upper Pine River Fire District responded to a report of a Car v. Semi-Truck accident in the 40,000 block of US Highway 160.

Fire units found an automobile with extensive damage, and the driver -who had suffered massive traumatic injuries- had died prior to their arrival. One other person was transported by ambulance to Mercy Regional Medical Center in Durango.

Based on initial reports from dispatch of a serious MVA with multiple patients and entrapment, Upper Pine Fire Chief Rich Graeber had called for mutual aid ambulances from the Los Pinos Fire District and the Durango Fire Rescue Authority.

After sizing-up the scene, the mutual aid units were canceled. A protection line was deployed as firefighters worked to abate the hazards from the destroyed vehicle. US Highway 160 was shut down in both directions in the initial stages of the operation.

The accident is under investigation by the Colorado State Patrol.

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