| Originally published July 18, 2010, 4:22 AM by the Frederick News Post
Firefighters and emergency medical personnel remove the last of three occupants of a Chevrolet Trailblazer SUV after the vehicle struck Skip's Auto Repair at 214 Broadway St. in Frederick early Sunday. Firefighters had to remove the roof of the vehicle to extricate the victim.
Emergency personnel and Frederick Police were on the scene of an accident in Frederick early Sunday morning. According to Lt. Clark Pennington of the Frederick Police who was on the scene, one of three occupants is confirmed to be a fatality.
An ambulance transported one victim to the Frederick airport where a Maryland State Police helicopter flew the patient to a Baltimore area hospital. The other surviving occupant was transported to a local hospital according to Pennington.
Pennington said the vehicle, a Chevrolet Trailblazer SUV, had been observed by Frederick Police operating at high rate of speed and a patrol car found the vehicle into Skip's Auto Repair at 214 Broadway St. and reported the accident. Pennington stressed that there was no high speed chase. The accident occurred at about 2 a.m. Sunday.
Pennington said police are treating the scene as a crime scene and an accident reconstruction team would also be at the site. |
