Traffic Collision Leaves Man in Critical Condition

Lancaster CA: An 82 year old male patient was in critical condition and had to be flown to Providence Holy Cross Hospital as a result of a serious traffic collision on Ave I at the 14 Freeway at approximately 1:30 this afternoon. Two vehicles collided in the busy intersection, with the driver's door of the sedan being pushed into the passenger space of his vehicle causing multi-systems trauma. Members from Fire Station 33 and 134 in Lancaster had to extricate the driver using hydraulic spreaders to disentangle the patient from the wreckage. Los Angeles County helicopter 18 landed at Jet Hawk Stadium to pick up the patient and fly him to Holy Cross Hospital.

Photos, Jeff Zimmerman, EPN