Monarch Firefighter Injured Rescuing Crash Victim Down Embankment
A single-vehicle accident at the border of Chesterfield and Wildwood sends a driver to hospital and injures a firefighter. Firefighter later was released from hospital, but driver was air-lifted to hospital.
A vehicle was found approximately 50 feet off the roadway at the intersection of Wildhorse Creek Road and Missouri Route 109 at Chesterfield's border with Wildwood Thursday, about 3 a.m. Monarch Fire Protection District emergency responders found the vehicle down a steep embankment on its side resting against a tree, with a patient partially ejected. The patient sustained significant injuries, said Monarch's Fire Marshal Roger Herin. Update to Article 11:09 a.m.: St. Louis County Police Department-Wildwood (6th) Precinct officers, who also responded to the accident scene, said the victim was a "male from St. Charles." Herin said the extrication and rescue was challenging due to the steep terrain, foliage and darkness. "A fire pumper was …
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Jean Whitney
11:42 pm on Thursday, June 21, 2012
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