Firefighter / Paramedics from Golden Valley Fire work to extricate the driver of the vehicle who was pinned between the semi truck and the guardrail after they collided on Southbound Hwy-40 about Mile-Post 38. Paul Hewitt, Fire Chief for Golden Valley Fire reported the driver of the car was transported by Care-Flight Helicopter to a Las Vegas hospital with non life threatening injuries. The driver of the Semi was uninjured in the collision. Traffic was slowed to a crawl for approximately 2-hours while fire crews extricated the patient and ADOT helped clean the scene.
PHOTO: Firefighters remove the roof of the car to extricate the patient who was pinned inside his vehicle.
