Accident traps woman for more than hour
GERMAN TWP. – Firefighters from several stations worked for more than an hour to free an unidentified McClellandtown woman trapped in her vehicle after she collided with a garbage truck on Route 21 at Puritan Road Wednesday. McClellandtown Fire Chief Jim “Bob” Huhn said the Jeep Cherokee operated by the woman sustained severe front-end damage causing the driver to become pinned.
“Her feet were wrapped up in there so bad that you had to see it to believe it,” Huhn said. “She was trapped for one hour and 13 minutes.”
Huhn said the crash occurred at 11:27 a.m.
“We had to use every trick in the book to get her out of there,” Huhn said.
Huhn said traffic on Route 21 was detoured for more than two hours while crews worked to free the trapped woman and clear the wreckage.
The woman was flown to Ruby Memorial Hospital in Morgantown, W.Va.
Her condition was not available Wednesday evening.
The driver of the garbage truck, owned by Onyx Waste Services of McClellandtown, was not injured in the crash.
The state police, as well as representatives from Onyx could not be reached for comment Wednesday.
According to Fayette County 911, in addition to McClellandtown Volunteer Fire Department, volunteer fire crews from Masontown and Footedale, firefighters from Uniontown Fire Department and emergency personnel Uniontown Fireman’s Ambulance, Fayette EMS and the state police responded to the scene.
No further information was available as of press time.