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Head-on crash injures two in Fairfield Township


By DAVID DOWNIE Correspondent

1st Responder Network	Story Number 081109101

By David Downie

Paramedic John Day provides C-spine and comforts the patient while crews work on extrication.

By David Downie

Extensive front end damaged made for a tedious extrication operation.

By David Downie

After displacing the dash with hydraulic rams, the driver is removed from front seat.

By David Downie

Firefighter and paramedic remove the driver from the Ford Focus.

By David Downie

Multiple hydraulic rams, jaws and cutters were used during the extrication process.

By David Downie

After stabilizing the vehicle with Res-Q Jacks, the patient was removed through the front windshield.

By David Downie

Res-Q Jacks provided excellent stabilization to allow patient extrication.

FAIRFIELD TOWNSHIP, OHIO - Two drivers were seriously injured after a head on crash on Ohio Bypass 4 on Monday afternoon, August 10, 2009.

The accident occurred on Bypass 4 just south of Route 4 about 5:30 p.m. during afternoon rush hour traffic. Both drivers were trapped in their vehicles and required extensive extrication using Hurst hydraulic Jaws, Cutters and Rams.

According to the Fairfield Township Police Department, Barb Thompson, 46, of Fairfield Township, was heading north on Bypass 4, driving a Dodge minivan when she went left of center and struck head on a Ford Focus driven south by Kristen Dumen, 19, of Loveland Ohio.

Police are looking at the possibility of cell phone use or text messaging as the cause of the accident.

Both drivers were alone at the time of the accident and were transported to the Atrium Medical Center a level 2 Trauma Center.

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