ESTEVAN - Estevan fire crews respond to two collisions within city limits in one day.
The first call for service came on Feb. 2 at about noon. Two vehicles collided at the intersection of 13th Avenue and Eighth Street. No injuries or entrapments were reported. However, both vehicles were substantially damaged, and airbags were deployed. Fluids were leaking as well.
“EMS and EPS arrived on scene as well. We provided traffic control. EMS treated and released both drivers on scene for minor injuries. Fire crews mitigated spill leaks, which occurred as a result of the collision. We also turned vehicles to zero energy to prevent any further accidental deployment of the undeployed airbags,” said Fire Chief Dale Feser.
“After that the scene was turned over to EPS and the towing company to continue to investigate the cause of the collision and to recover the vehicles (accordingly).”
At about 7:30 p.m. on the same day, fire crews were called to another collision, which occurred between a vehicle and a pole right in front of the fire station. No injuries were reported.
Crews did respond to the location, but the vehicle had left before their arrival.
“Should you find yourself involved in a motor vehicle collision and call 911, you always want to make sure that you stay at the scene until emergency services arrive to confirm location and that there's no injuries and no damage other than what you can see to the vehicles involved, just to make sure everybody's accounted for,” Feser said.
Crews returned to the station and back into service after that.
