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Overturned SUV on Spring and Orange
By Jackawa Jackson | September 1, 2010
Just after 6 a.m. on the morning of August 28, 2010, units from the Long Beach Fire Department responded to the corner of Orange Ave. and Spring St. to a report of an overturned vehicle with one person trapped. Truck 7 was first to arrive on scene and found the driver of a small SUV upside down and entangled in the wreckage of his vehicle. Fire crews used the Jaws of Life and had the male patient free from his damaged vehicle an on his way to a local hospital within a matter of minutes. Fortunately, the driver only suffered minor injuries. There were no other injuries reported to citizens or firefighters. Responding units included. Engine 7, Truck 7, Engine 9, Rescue 9, BC 3 and LA County Engine 60. The cause of this accident is under investigation.
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