Multiple Vehicle Traffic Accident NYS Thruway Chatham 01/10/16
Columbia County 911 dispatched TriVillage Firefighters and Chatham Rescue at 4:16pm for a reported multiple vehicle accident on the NYS Thruway near milepost 11.3 in the eastbound lane. It was near the Route 66 overpass.
TriVillage Firefighters responded with 85-1, 85-6, 85-8 and 85-9. Their response was slightly delayed due to downed trees from the storm that had gone through the area earlier.
Mutual aid ambulances responded from CC Valatie Rescue and CC Greenport Resuce. Two patients were transported to Albany Medical Center and one was transported to Berkshire Medical Center.
Extrication on one vehicle was needed to get one female patient out of her vehicle. A door from one of the wrecked vehicles was torn off and implanted on the grill of another vehicle.
New York State Police from Troop T investigated.
Command reported a total of six vehicles were involved.
Firefighters were back in service at 6:07pm.
TriVillage Firefighters responded with 85-1, 85-6, 85-8 and 85-9. Their response was slightly delayed due to downed trees from the storm that had gone through the area earlier.
Mutual aid ambulances responded from CC Valatie Rescue and CC Greenport Resuce. Two patients were transported to Albany Medical Center and one was transported to Berkshire Medical Center.
Extrication on one vehicle was needed to get one female patient out of her vehicle. A door from one of the wrecked vehicles was torn off and implanted on the grill of another vehicle.
New York State Police from Troop T investigated.
Command reported a total of six vehicles were involved.
Firefighters were back in service at 6:07pm.
Photos by Jack Lanphear