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Northview High Student Airlifted After Highway 4 Wreck; Adult, Four Young Children Uninjured
September 10, 2020
A Northview High School student was critically injured in a two vehicle wreck Thursday morning near the school, while five other people including four children escaped injury.
The crash happened about 8:05 a.m. at the intersection of West Highway 4 and North Pine Barren Road. The high school student apparently pulled her Nissan Murano from a stop sign on Pine Barren Road into the path of a Lincoln MKZ traveling eastbound on Highway 4.
The 16-year old female was trapped in her vehicle and extricated by firefighters before being airlifted to Sacred Heart Hospital in Pensacola by Shandscair helicopter. The adult female driver of the Lincoln and four young children were not injured.
The crash is under investigation by the Florida Highway Patrol. The Walnut Hill and Century stations of Escambia Fire Rescue, Atmore Fire Department, Escambia County EMS and the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office also responded.
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8 Responses to “Northview High Student Airlifted After Highway 4 Wreck; Adult, Four Young Children Uninjured”
At more Air care 2 is usually the responding helo to the north end of the county there is no first go to now like previously
ShandsCair has the priority contract now over LifeFlight. ShandsCair dispatch is contacted first and they determine if they have a aircraft close enough to respond and ,if not, LifeFlight is contacted. Typically ShandsCair responds to calls in the North end of the county due to the proximity of aircraft in Atmore and Semmes. LifeFlight will usually respond to areas in the Southern end of the county ie. Pensacola Beach, Perdido Key, and Beulah.
Citizens who were not here 50 years plus ago do not realize the advancements in responses to any type of highway or home emergency. There were private ambulance services, but most counties relied on funeral homes using retired hearses as emergency vehicles. The ambulance attendants and law enforcement officers could only render rudimentary first aid before a hopefully safe trip to the hospital.
There were no modular ambulances with immediate contact with emergency rooms, and airborne rescue was unheard of. Even the fire departments could offer only scant aid.
With the involvement in Vietnam came the era of the EMT, paramedic and helicopter rescue. Volunteer fire departments have trained medics ready to render aid. Times have truly improved for bad situations.
GREAT picture of Life Flight!
>>DID Shanscair replace Lifeflight?
LifeFlight, Shandscair and MedStar all respond in Escambia County now. (MedStar Air Care 2 based in Atmore seems to typically only respond in the northern end of Escambia County FL )
Oh my god, I was on my porch when I seen all the ambulances, police cars, everything. Praying for those involved this is horrible, God bless.
DID Shanscair replace Lifeflight?
God bless you! Praying for family and teens. Please be careful on the roads going to school and out with friends! Lost my son in Auto accident. Hoping doctors help her and God puts his hand on her and family.