12/26/12 - Leslie extrication, Kinneville east of Eden

Shortly after midnight no Wednesday, December 26, 2012, the Leslie Fire Department and Lansing-Mason Ambulance Service were dispatched to a vehicle accident on Kinneville Rd east of Eden Rd. A westbound van drifted off the south side of the road and was sitting in a ditch filled with water, one patient with non serious injuries was inside. Assistance was requested from the Mason Fire Department to see if a rescue from the water could be performed with an aerial tower. Instead, a ground ladder was placed from the ditch bank into the van to bridge the space required in order to remove the driver using a Stokes basket. Mason firefighters in water rescue gear also assisted the wrecker driver with removing the car from the ditch.