Significant Car Accident In Cowlitz County -08/14/23

Cowlitz 2 was dispatched for a rollover accident in the 4000 block of Pacific Way. 911 callers reported that the driver was trapped in the vehicle and the vehicle was on fire. A Cowlitz 2 Battalion Chief and the downtown Kelso Fire Engine were less than a mile away after completing work on an earlier collision in the 4300 blk of Ocean Beach Hwy. Units responded and arrived within 2 minutes and found a trapped driver with the vehicle on fire. A Longview Police Officer and C2FR Battalion Chief used multiple fire extinguishers to keep the fire small while awaiting responding fire engines from Cowlitz 2 and the City of Longview Fire Department. A Lifeflight helicopter was requested to the scene for critical injuries to the driver. Firefighters simultaneously extinguished the fire and used the “jaws of life” to free the trapped driver. 

 

Dispatch time 1820

Pt extricated    1837

 

Unfortunately the driver sustained significant injuries and did not survive the collision. 

 

Cowlitz 2 sent one Fire Engine, two ambulances, a Battalion Chief, and one Chief Officer. 

 

The cause of the accident is under investigation by the Cowlitz County Sheriffs Office 

 

Agencies assisting Cowlitz 2.

 

LFD with one engine and a Battalion Chief 

LPD with two officers 

CCSO with multiple deputies 

LifeFlight helicopter out of Kelso Airport