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CAR CRASHES INTO FIRE STATION, TWO INJURED – SOUTH CAROLINA

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From the City of Beaufort/Town of Port Royal Fire Department Facebook Page:

The Beaufort/Port Royal FD is on scene at Beaufort/Port Royal FD Station 4. At approximately 1:45pm, a vehicle crashed into the fire station after striking another vehicle on Robert Smalls Parkway.
Thankfully none of our firefighters were injured in the accident.
Our firefighters provided patient care to two separate vehicles as soon as the incident occurred. The occupants in both vehicles were transported to the hospital. Firefighters used the Jaws of Life on one of the vehicles to free the occupant.
Please use caution, both Northbound lanes on Robert Smalls Parkway in front of Station 4 are shutdown at this time.

 

More Here:  The Island Packet (Hilton Head Island, S.C.)
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Sep. 5—Two drivers on Robert Smalls Parkway were taken to the hospital Tuesday afternoon after a two-vehicle crash on the highway, sending one car crashing into the front of a City of Beaufort/Town of Port Royal Fire Department station.

No fire personnel were injured in the crash, department spokesperson Ross Vezin told The Island Packet and Beaufort Gazette. Damage to the station was minimal, but repair efforts will include the full replacement of at least one window.

The car was heading north on S.C. 170 around 1:45 p.m. Tuesday when it collided with another vehicle, then veered through the grass into Station 4, located off the highway just south of Bridges Preparatory School. Both drivers were taken to the hospital with non-fatal injuries, Vezin said, and both cars were towed from the scene shortly after.

Authorities closed the rightmost northbound lane of Robert Smalls Parkway for about two hours after the crash, but the highway should fully reopen around 3:45 p.m. Tuesday, Vezin said.

The SC Highway Patrol is investigating Tuesday afternoon’s incident. Additional information about the crash was not immediately available.