Firefighters battle cars, time to save patients - Ocala
In this 2014 file photo the Ocala Fire Rescue firefighters work on freeing two teenagers from a black Ford pickup truck early Thursday morning, January 2, 2014. The two were severely injured when the Ford F250 they were traveling in hit a... Ocala Fire Rescue responded around 4:49 a. m. to the 3600 block of SW 20th Street in Ocala. The first victim was extracted one hour 50 minutes later while the second victim was extracted two hours 39 minutes after arriving on scene. on July 11, 2011, Nesbitt was driving his 2000 Jeep Wrangler north on U. S. 301. A 2005 Mack tractor-trailer was traveling east on County Road 318. The vehicles crashed at the intersection. Though Michael Curmutt, the truck driver, was not injured, the same couldn’t be said for Nesbitt. The Jeep’s steering wheel was close to his chest and sections of the front pushed up against his legs. To free Nesbitt, Marion County Fire Rescue firefighters had to be careful. Some firefighters entered through the back and held his neck straight while others cut around him. Experts talk about “the golden hour” --- that 60-minute span when it’s critical to have the patient removed from the vehicle and taken to the operating room. But firefighters also are handling dangerous cutting equipment, and one wrong move can lead to disaster. Source: www.ocala.com
