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Early morning rollover accident sends one man to hospital (Photo) - 12/07/18

Cowlitz County, WA- Firefighters from Cowlitz 2 Fire & Rescue responded to a rollover accident on Interstate 5 Southbound near exit 40 at 6am Friday.  The 23 year old male driver was transported to Peace Health St. John’s Medical Center by ambulance after firefighters extricated him out of his truck with hydraulic extrication equipment.  Reports to dispatch were that he had slid on a patch of ice and rolled his Chevrolet Colorado multiple times.  Firefighters were able to stabilize the vehicle that was laying on its top over the guardrail in the median, and cut the passenger side door off allowing access to the man.  A fire engine, a medic unit, a brush engine, and a Chief Officer responded to the incident; Washington State Patrol also responded.  The man was wearing his seatbelt and initially had no complaints or injuries from the accident; no other injuries were reported.  

Not only is wearing your seat belt the law it also saves lives.  It is estimated that over 14,600 lives were saved in motor vehicle accidents, according to the National Highway Safety Administration (NHSA) in 2016, in the U.S. because of seat belt use.  The national seat belt use rate is at 90.1 percent and of the 37,461 deaths caused by motor vehicle accidents in 2016 48 percent of them were not wearing their seat belt.  Seat belt save lives.  For more information on seat belt statistics, proper use, and other information visit: https://www.nhtsa.gov/risky-driving/seat-belts.  Cowlitz 2 Fire & Rescue also offers free child car seat inspections and adjustments.  Car seat clinics are offered the 3rd Saturday every month.  The next car seat clinic is on December 15th from 10am to noon at 701 Vine St. in Kelso. 

 

 

 

 

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