Wednesday, June 8, 2011

I-40 Rollover


Two units from Golden Valley Fire Department, two units from Yucca Volunteer Fire District, and two ambulances from River Medical responded to a single vehicle, high speed roll-over on Interstate 40 at mile post 41 about 5:45 pm late Tuesday afternoon. The vehicle, a Ford F-350 pickup truck with four occupants was traveling west bound on Interstate 40 when a blown tire is believed to have caused the driver to lose control, roll over and land in the median. Two of the patients, a female of unknown age and a 14 year old male were ejected from the vehicle. The other two male patients, a  62 and 4 year old were restrained in the vehicle. The female patient was air lifted to University Medical Center, Las Vegas Nevada. The 4 and 14 year old males were treated on scene and transported to Kingman Regional Medical Center with minor injuries. The 62 year old driver refused care on scene. Department of Public Safety Highway Patrol is investigating the accident.