Fairfield News: 2nd Fatal Crash in 3 Hours
#Fairfield CT--Fairfield Fire Department Press Release: Shortly after returning from a fatal motor vehicle accident on I-95 Fairfield Firefighters responded to another motor vehicle accident with injury on Black Rock Turnpike at the intersection with Burroughs Road. A passenger vehicle collided with a tractor trailer trapping the unconscious driver inside his heavily damaged vehicle. Fairfield Firefighters from Engine 2 and 3, Ladders 1 and 2, used the Jaws of Life gain access to the elderly operator and remove him from the vehicle. Life support efforts were initiated by AMR Paramedics assisted by Fairfield Firefighters on scene and enroute to St. Vincent’s MC. According to Asst. Chief Gomola, the incident commander “The driver of the passenger vehicle was in extremely…