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Wires down, car on fire, one person in road after accident on Fotch Road, Byron

By Howard B. Owens

A call has come in of a single-vehicle accident, car vs. pole, in the area of 7789 Fotch Road, Stafford.

The initial report is of a person down, in the roadway, with wires over him and the caller afraid to touch him. A car is on fire.

A first responder says the victim is on the side of the road, conscious but in pain.

Mercy Flight is is being dispatched.

Mercy EMS and Stafford Fire is on scene.

UPDATE 11:24 p.m.: Both high-voltage and low-voltage wires are damaged. National Grid has a 30 minute ETA to arrive on scene. Also a fiber optic cable belonging to the phone company has been completely burned through.


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Howard B. Owens

Where do you get 25 minutes for the FD to arrive? There's nothing posted here to suggest that. In fact, we write, "a first-responder," who was in fact FD personnel. Stafford Fire, as always, was right on top of things.

Aug 22, 2010, 11:07am Permalink

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