Wreck Victim
Airlifted To
Huntsville After Oleander Wreck
EMS
personnel from Arab Fire Rescue and Brindlee Mountain VFD
treat, and prepare to move wreck victim, from tangled
wreckage on 231 North near Oleander Friday afternoon.
Arab Today Photo by
Dwight Hayes
Rescue
workers had to carry and pull victim up a steep embankment
to get to the roadway and a waiting ambulance.
Arab Today Photo by Dwight Hayes
May 29, 2009
Mr. Carey Leu, age 67, of
Parkwood Lane near the Ruth Community, was seriously injured in
a one vehicle accident Friday afternoon. Leu was airlifted
to Huntsville Hospital by Air Evac Life Flight helicopter
suffering from a head injury. The accident occurred on U. S. 231
North just South of Mountain View Road around 5 p.m.
Full story and additional photos...
Witnesses said
that Leu was traveling South on 231 when his Nissan SUV suddenly
veered left into the median. The vehicle went airborne
after hitting the median embankment, landed in the Northbound
lane, then went airborne again and began to flip/roll. The
vehicle hit, and went over a guardrail, before traveling
along a steep embankment for approximately 50-75 feet before
coming to rest against some trees. Rescue workers had to
carry and pull Leu 20-30 feet up the embankment.
Leu was
transported by Arab Fire Rescue ambulance to a landing zone at
Brindlee Mountain Baptist Church to meet the Air Evac
helicopter. Rescue personnel from Arab Fire Rescue,
Brindlee Mountain Volunteer Fire Department, and Ruth Volunteer
Fire Department, responded to the scene for rescue efforts and
traffic control. The accident is being investigated by
Alabama State Troopers.
Arab Fire Rescue and Air Evac
personnel load Mr. Carey Leu onto helicopter in preparation for
transport to Huntsville Hospital Friday afternoon.
Skid mark in the Northbound lane indicate
where Leu's vehicle landed after going airborne.
Arab Today Photo by
Dwight Hayes
Leu's vehicle traveled 50-75 feet down and
along a steep embankment before coming to rest against trees.
Arab Today Photo by Dwight Hayes
