An articulated lorry overturned on the A19 at the junction with the A184 at Testo's roundabout on Friday 29 January. Six appliances from Tyne and Wear Fire and Rescue Service, including the Special Rescue Tender used for heavy rescues, were called out to the scene at 2.48pm.
The driver of the vehicle was trapped in the cab. He was attended to and given treatment by paramedics while firefighters from Tyne and Wear Fire and Rescue Service cut him free from the vehicle before removing him on a longboard. He was then taken to hospital.
When the lorry overturned, its cargo of loose tea was spilled as well as some diesel. Firefighters used the spilled tea to absorb the diesel and prevent it from entering the drains.
Group Manager Keith Trotter, Tyne and Wear Fire and Rescue Service, said: "The Fire and Rescue Service and Ambulance Service worked well together to extricate the casualty from the vehicle while the Police and the Highways Agency implemented traffic management systems to ensure that rescue operations were undertaken in a safe area and traffic got moving again as quickly as possible."
The crane from the Special Rescue Tender was then used to safely remove a lamppost that had fallen onto a van.
For further information please contact Corporate Communications.
Tel: 0191 444 1513/ 1542/ 1725
Email: corporatecommsofficer@twfire.gov.uk
|
|
|