2/19/2006- MVA with Entrapment

At Approx. 930 PM Stations 43 and 42 (Tunkhannock Township) were dispatched to a reported MVA with possible entrapment on Route 115 and Allegeheny Road. Chief 42-7 went on scene and confirrmed entrapment. Station 8 EMT Kim Mitchell arrived on scene and ordered the Medevac Flight. 43-4-4 arrived on scene with a crew of 4 and began cribbing the vehicle as well as performing a size up. 43-4-4 began a total roof removal as the point of impact was right on the drivers door. 43-4-6 arrived and added their tools to the job and the roof was taken. Driver was extricated and flown via Medevac 4. Station 42 handled the Landing Zone.
All units did a great job. Extrication was completed in approx 20 minutes.









Updated 2/23/2006
from www.poconorecord.com

Car crash victim is 8th fatal this year
February 23, 2006


An Albrightsville woman was killed in a two-vehicle crash on Route 115 in Tunkhannock Township on Sunday night. Carmella Prosser, 73, died Sunday night at Lehigh Valley Hospital, becoming the eighth person to die on Monroe County roads this year and the sixth fatality in February.

Prosser's car was hit by a 2005 Nissan Altima driven by a 24-year-old man whose name was not released. Police said that Prosser was turning her Toyota station wagon north on Route 115 from Mountain Road directly into the path of the Nissan and was hit on the driver's side.

Prosser was flown to Lehigh Valley Hospital where she was pronounced dead in the trauma unit. The driver of the Nissan was also taken for treatment but it is not known what hospital he was taken to or the extent of his injuries. The investigation is continuing. Anyone with any information regarding this crash is asked to call Pocono Mountain Regional Police at 570 895-2400.