Head-on crash on Harney Street hospitalizes two

Published 12:00 am Friday, March 31, 2017

In front of the former White Stag Sportswear headquarters, on S.E. Harney Street, two cars collided at 11 a.m. on Thursday, February 23.

East Precinct officers rushed to the head-on crash, just west of S.E. 52nd Avenue, and were followed seconds later by Woodstock Fire Station’s Engine 25.

Bystanders at the scene said they didn’t witness the head-on collision — but they did point out another, second, wreck just west of the first crash.

Seeing the first smashup unfold in front of him, and to avoid being involved in the first wreck, a driver had stopped quickly — and that car was rear-ended.

Engine 25’s firefighter-paramedics worked to free the trapped victim from a red Honda Civic. By the time the person was freed from the wreckage and strapped to a backboard, an AMR ambulance had arrived and transported the patient to a local hospital.

Meanwhile, the other two firefighter-paramedics riding Truck 25 were evaluating two victims in a Chrysler Pacifica; one of them was transported to a hospital by ambulance, the other was treated at the scene.

This accident is still under evaluation by the police.