MVA INTERSTATE 85 @ 7 MILE MARKER 

ON MARCH 29TH @ 0615 HRS STATION 17 AND FORK SQUAD 8 WERE ALERTED FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENT ON I-85 SOUTHBOUND AT THE 7 MILE MARKER. E-17 AND E-17-1 RESPONDED WITH 13 PERSONNEL UNDER THE COMMAND OF ASSISTANT CHIEF McADAMS. UPON ARRIVAL, FIRE AND EMS PERSONNEL FOUND 1 VEHICLE OVERTURNED WITH TWO PERSONS TRAPPED. CREWS QUICKLY WENT TO WORK STABILIZING THE VEHICLE AND ASSESSING THE TWO OCCUPANTS. UNFORTUNATELY, ONE PATIENT WAS FOUND TO BE DECEASED UPON ARRIVAL. PERSONNEL EXTRICATED THE SECOND PATIENT USING HURST HYDRAULIC TOOLS AND ASSISTED EMS WITH PREPARING THE PATIENT FOR HELICOPTER TRANSPORT.  INTERSTATE 85 WAS SHUT DOWN FOR A BRIEF TIME SO MEDTRANS 1 MEDICAL HELICOPTER COULD LAND. TOWNVILLE CREWS CLEARED THE SCENE AT APPROXIMATELY 0815 HRS.

TVFD RESPONDING UNITS: ENGINE 17, ENGINE 17-1

MUTUAL AID: FORK RESCUE MEDIC 8-2, MEDIC 8-0, RESCUE 8      

SOUTH CAROLINA HIGHWAY PATROL, ANDERSON COUNTY CORONER

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