GALLERY of steep situation
From the Bath Volunteer Fire Department,
At 3:05PM Monday afternoon the Bath Volunteer Fire Department was dispatched for a vehicle over the embankment on the Mail Route near Sanford Road in the Town of Bath. Bath Volunteer Ambulance arrived on scene to find a Kia Sorrento with the driver in the vehicle over a steep embankment and unstable. The driver was still in the vehicle and had to be extricated by Rescue crews.
Bath Assistant Chief Curtis Wininger requested Savona Fire to the scene with an engine and crew to assist bringing the driver up the bank. Goodrich Auto Works was requested by the driver and was on scene with a rollback and ran a cable down to the cars to front wheel to stabilize it and keep it from going farther down the embankment. Bath Fire’s Heavy Rescue ran a winch cable down to the rear to hold the vehicle steady. The driver was taken up the embankment in a stokes rescue basket using a low angle rope rescue rig. He was taken to be evaluated by the Bath Volunteer Ambulance Corps. where he refused treatment.
A large rotator wrecker from Fleet Pride was summoned to the scene to use their boom to bring the vehicle up the bank to the road where Goodrich Auto Works rollback would take it back to their garage. All units cleared the scene at 4:39PM.
Respectfully Submitted, John Conrad Sr.
Public Information Officer The Bath Volunteer Fire Dept. Email: bathnyfire@gmail.com
