Summerhill, PA - At 7:21 A.M. on Sunday, October 9th, Cambria County 9-1-1 received reports of a vehicle accident on Route-219, north of Summerhill Borough. The driver of a vehicle was seriously injured after running into the back of a tractor-trailer. Firefighters from Summerhill Borough and South Fork, along with Forest Hills and Ebensburg EMS, responded to the early morning crash.

The vehicle went under the back of the trailer, breaking the ICC bar off and continued to the trailer's rear wheels, stopping the back of the trailer within inches of the driver's face. The trailer got hooked on the vehicle's dashboard and was pulled for approximately 50-yards before coming to a stop. The driver was heavily entrapped in the wreckage. The back of the trailer being inside the passenger compartment made for an extended extrication.

The IC requested additional rescues from Saint Michael and Dauntless (Ebensburg) with the plan to use cribbing and air bags to lift the trailer enough to pull the car out and gain better access. The weight of the cargo, which was made up of wood chips, was too much. A complete roof removal was done and the driver's side doors and "B"-post were removed to get the driver out. He was entrapped for one-and-a-half hours.