Two Vehicles Collide in Santee

Modern vehicle safety design minimizes injuries

 
Lakeside Engine-1 and Medic-1 assisted Santee with a motor vehicle accident which occurred today just after 1:00 pm. The Lakeside units were dispatched along with Santee Rescue-5 to the intersection of Hartley Road and North Woodside Avenue. Engine-1 and Medic-1 arrived on scene to find two vehicles with significant front end damage and air bag deployments. The single occupants of both cars were standing on the roadside requiring no extrication and Rescue-5 was canceled. Of the two drivers, one was uninjured and the other suffered injuries requiring treatment and transportation to Sharp Memorial trauma center by Medic-1. The safety systems in both of the vehicles performed as they were designed to minimize injury. Front and side airbags deployed as well as impact absorbing crumple zones. Also known as a crush zone, crumple zones are areas of a vehicle that are designed to deform and crumple in a collision. This absorbs some of the energy of the impact, preventing it from being transmitted to the occupants. The safety systems worked together to prevent this collision from being a fatal accident.

Submitted By: Chuck Palmore, Lakeside Fire Captain

Lakeside Assists Santee FD with Natural Gas Leak

At 0958, Lakeside Engine 1 responded on a first-alarm assignment with E4, E9, M4, T4, R5, and B2 to a natural gas line break at 260 E. Bradley Ave. Maintenance crews working in the area had accidentally contacted the gas line resulting in the leak. Three people were evacuated to a nearby clubhouse and the rest of the residents in the area were advised to stay inside and keep their windows and doors closed. This is a technique that responders use called sheltering-in-place. SDG&E arrived on scene quickly and controlled the leak. Responding units ensured that no fire broke-out and there were no injuries reported.

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Submitted By: Firefighter-Paramedic Matt Buzzell, Lakeside Fire District