Special rescue response after car plunges 100 feet down ravine
SEATAC, Wash. - A specially trained rescue team came to the aid of a driver who was seriously injured when his car plunged 100 feet down a ravine early Friday in SeaTac, officials said.
Medics and firefighters responded to the scene, in the 15600 block of Des Moines Memorial Drive South, at about 2 a.m. Friday after receiving a report that a car had veered off the roadway and down an embankment.
The first emergency unit on the scene found a car with the injured driver still in the car about 100 feet down the ravine along the side of the roadway.
Due to the steepness of the slope, a rope rescue response was initiated by trained personnel, with neighboring fire departments assisting.
Rescuers found the driver still awake and able to tell them he was the only person in the car at the time of the crash.
The man was extricated from the vehicle, stabilized, placed in a litter, then hauled up the steep slope with a technical rope system. He was taken to a local hospital for treatment of serious injuries.
SeaTac police are still investigating the cause oif the crash.
Medics and firefighters responded to the scene, in the 15600 block of Des Moines Memorial Drive South, at about 2 a.m. Friday after receiving a report that a car had veered off the roadway and down an embankment.
The first emergency unit on the scene found a car with the injured driver still in the car about 100 feet down the ravine along the side of the roadway.
Due to the steepness of the slope, a rope rescue response was initiated by trained personnel, with neighboring fire departments assisting.
Rescuers found the driver still awake and able to tell them he was the only person in the car at the time of the crash.
The man was extricated from the vehicle, stabilized, placed in a litter, then hauled up the steep slope with a technical rope system. He was taken to a local hospital for treatment of serious injuries.
SeaTac police are still investigating the cause oif the crash.
Way to go Firefighters
I listened on my scanner also. He had a metal pole (fence?) through his neck and out his shoulder. Yikes!
Nice job fellas..
@Northriver Indeed. I listened to the call and all seemed to go well. Tough access and then a extrication and ropes component to boot.
2 am, , alcohol, go together like a horse and carriage. Better than even money bet.  Glad no one else was involved. This is what head on collisions are made of.
@al_wa Or fell asleep. Or both.Â