One person ejected from vehicle, transported to hospital as a trauma alert

All photos courtesy Gainesville Fire Rescue

Staff report from Gainesville Fire Rescue social media post

Updated at 3:45 p.m. with location of crash

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – One person was ejected from a vehicle yesterday and transported to the hospital as a trauma alert after a crash between a car and a U-Haul truck.

At about 5 p.m. on December 2, Gainesville Fire Rescue (GFR) units responded to a crash between a passenger car and a U-Haul truck in the 11900 block of NW CR 231; the caller said one person was ejected from a vehicle and there was a fuel leak. Alachua County Fire Rescue units also responded and worked alongside GFR units to provide medical care to the ejected patient, who was transported as a trauma alert.

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A GFR unit applied a temporary patch to the leaking fuel tank, and a GFR Hazmat unit conducted a remote pump-off, removing 30 gallons of fuel from the compromised pump and preventing the fuel from leaking into the ground.

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