Reading PA Fire Department

B platoon companies dealt with 2 vehicle accidents Wednesday beginning right after shift change. Engine & Rescue 1, along with Medics 603 & 601 dealt with a 2 car accident at the intersection of 13th and Walnut streets. Crews found moderately damaged vehicles, which required the transport of several victims to the Reading Hospital Trauma Center.

Shortly before 2230 crews were dispatched to the 500 block of Lancaster Ave for another accident. This area had been the scene for another serious accident several months prior which required extrication from a rolled over pickup truck. Engine 14, Rescue 1, Medics 602 & 60 found 4 patients with multiple injuries including one lying along the roadway. Car 7 was command at both wrecks.  

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