Elizabeth Borough 139 Rescue and Engine 1 Operate at Bunola Crash with Entrapment
Photo by Elizabeth Boro V.F.C.
Photo by Elizabeth Boro V.F.C.
Photo by Elizabeth Boro V.F.C.
Elizabeth Borough, PA - Apparatus and personnel from the Elizabeth Borough Volunteer Fire Company deployed Tuesday morning to provide technical rescue support at a motor vehicle accident involving entrapment in the Bunola section of Forward Township.
The call was dispatched on the morning of Tuesday, November 3, 2026, requesting mutual aid rescue capabilities for an occupant trapped inside a heavily damaged vehicle.
Elizabeth Borough responded with 139 Rescue and Engine 1, joining Gallatin-Sunnyside Volunteer Fire Department (Station 154) and Squad 48 from Rostraver Central Fire Department on scene.
Operating crews initiated immediate cribbing and mechanical stabilization on the compromised vehicle before deploying hydraulic spreaders and cutters.
Firefighters removed two passenger doors to establish unobstructed access to the patient and disentangle them from the cabin.
Once extricated, the individual was turned over to SouthEast Regional EMS clinicians for initial field stabilization and transport to an area medical facility.
Officers from the Elizabeth Township Police Department provided scene safety, traffic diversions, and preliminary crash investigation throughout the operation.
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