An elderly man was critically injured Monday morning after being hit by a pickup and pinned underneath it just north of Chico, and he was airlifted to a Fort Worth trauma center. The crash happened around 9 a.m. in the 100 block of County Road 1659.
According to Wise County Messenger, the man was struck by the vehicle and left pinned beneath it at the scene. Wise County EMS Chief Randall Preuninger told the outlet the man was flown via Careflite 5 to Texas Health Harris Methodist in Fort Worth with critical injuries. The crash happened around 9 a.m. Monday.
Multiple Agencies Respond to Rural Crash Site
Wise County EMS, the Bridgeport Fire Department and the Texas Department of Public Safety all worked the scene near the rural roadway, the newspaper’s report noted. The response reflects the kind of multi-agency coordination often required for serious traumatic injury calls in the county’s more remote stretches.
Careflite 5 flew the man to the hospital. The exact circumstances of how the man came to be pinned beneath the pickup have not been detailed beyond the account attributed to Preuninger.
Second Serious Vehicle Entrapment in Recent Weeks
Monday’s crash follows another serious entrapment incident in the county, when a man was critically injured while working on his truck on a Sunday afternoon near New Fairview, as Wise County Messenger reported. In that case, the truck reportedly fell on the man during repairs, trapping him underneath the vehicle. He was flown to the same Fort Worth hospital, Texas Health Harris Methodist, by Air Evac Lifeteam 68, with Wise County EMS units Rescue 1, Squad 1 and Medic 4 responding alongside New Fairview Fire Rescue…