Triple Fatal on NJTP
span stylecolor rgb20 24 35 font-family Helvetica Arial lucida grande tahoma verdana arial sans-serif font-size 14px line-height 19pxApproximately 0707 this morning Squad 75 BLS 788 Mount Laurel Rescue 3629 BLS 368 and Virtua Medic 35 were dispatched to MM 31.3 Southbound on the New Jersey Turnpike for a reported vehicle off the roadway into a tree. Medic 35 arrived confirming a single vehicle off the roadway into a tree with three unconscious patients heavily entrapped. Medic 35 requested to fly a helicopter and Rescue 32 Bellmawr and BLS 3 Bellmawr were added to the assignment. Rescue 3629 and Squaspanspan classtextexposedshow styledisplay inline color rgb20 24 35 font-family Helvetica Arial lucida grande tahoma verdana arial sans-serif font-size 14px line-height 19pxd 75 arrived and worked together to stabilize the vehicle and disentangle the three patients. Rescue 32 was ordered to set up the LZ South of the accident on the Turnpike at which point command was notified the choppers were grounded due to weather conditions. All three patients were extricated and pronounced deceased at the scene. The cause and circumstances of the accident is currently under investigation by the New Jersey State Police.spanpp
