Tuesday May, 19 2015 @ 22:52

Nature: Vehicle Accident Serious

Location: 32549 Long Neck Rd Millsboro, DE 19966

On Tuesday evening, May 19th, the Indian River Volunteer Fire Company was alerted for a vehicle accident on Long Neck Road in the vicinity of the Grotto’s Pizza. It was reported to be a single vehicle with potential occupant entrapment.

Emergency response units from Indian River included Rescue 80, Engine #80-5 and Incident Command from the Oak Orchard facilities as well as Engine #80-1 and Engine #80-3 from the Long Neck facility. Also responding were the Delaware State Fire Police, the Delaware State Police Aviation Unit (Trooper #2), the Sussex County Paramedics, the Millsboro Fire Company ambulance, and the local emergency medical services provider.

Emergency response crew assignment included vehicle stabilization, assist with patient stabilization, scene mitigation, traffic control, scene preservation, and preparation for vehicle extrication.

It appears that a Pontiac sub-compact car was traveling south on Long Neck Road approaching Grotto’s Pizza and lost control for an unknown reason. The Pontiac struck a parked Toyota compact car in a commercial car lot which was forced into two parked pickup trucks. At some point during the incident, the Pontiac become airborne and rolled over striking another parked car and coming to rest on top of this Cadillac. Two of the four occupants in the Pontiac were trapped and required extrication.

The Sussex County Paramedics and the local EMS providers provided pre-hospital emergency medical care before being transported to nearby medical facilities.

The Delaware State Fire Police provided traffic control assistance with limited lane closure for the duration of the incident.

The Delaware State Police are investigating.