Equestrian Accident and Helicopter Flight

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Equestrian Accident and Helicopter Flight

February 26, 2025
A subject who fell off a horse and was subsequently stepped on by the horse was flown via air ambulance from Franklin Township yesterday. The West Grove Fire Company and Medic 94 were dispatched at 10:00am to Fairview Lane for an injured subject from an equestrian accident. Crews from WGFC located the injured person well off the road and utilized Squad 22 to evacuate the patient from the scene out to a waiting WGFC ambulance. The patient was flown by LifeNet61 (based at Christiana Hospital) to the Johns Hopkins Trauma Center in Baltimore. ATVs and personnel from Cochranville (Station 27) and Aetna of Newark (Station 9) were also requested to the scene in case the patient had been further out into the fields and woods.
Units:	Engine 22-1, Squad 22, Ambulance 22-1 & 2, Utility 22-1, Fire Police

Mutual Aid:	LifeNet 61, Medic 94, PA State Police, Utility & ATV 27, ATV 9

The air ambulance from Christiana Care -- LifeNet61 on scene at the landing zone set up on Fairview Lane, off Strickersville Road.

WGFC units driving back to the scene of the equestrian accident.

LifeNet61's flight from the scene to Johns Hopkins was approximately 21 minutes.

The incident involved numerous first responders to locate, package, and evacuate the patient from the scene.

LifeNet61 circles to land on Fairview Lane in Franklin Township after a six minute flight from its base at Christiana Hospital.

LifeNet61 from Christiana Care lifts off to transport an injured equestrian from Franklin Township.

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