Friday, March 1, 2013

Single car accident sends two to local hospital




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Paramedics treat the passenger for suspected injuries while firefighters prepare to extricate the driver of this vehicle. 

Friday about 11:00 am: Golden Valley Firefighter-Paramedics treat two patients in a single car accident on Northbound Hwy-93, just north of the Port of Entry. Witnesses report seeing the driver swerve to avoid an unknown object, sending the vehicle into skid and ending up about 50-feet off the highway and about 25-feet up the hillside.  The passenger was out of the vehicle when paramedics arrived, however Firefighters had to extricate the driver. Both occupants were transported to Kingman Regional Medical Center for minor injuries.  DPS remained on scene to investigate the accident.