THAXTON, Va. (WSET) — Five people were injured, one critically, in a three-vehicle crash in Bedford County on Thursday.
Just before 7:30 a.m. on February 5, multiple crews were dispatched to the 2000 block of Thaxton School Road at the intersection with Route 460, where they found a three-vehicle, rear-end style collision. One SUV was majorly damaged with a person trapped inside. A pickup truck and a box truck also sustained moderate damage.
Crews immediately began working to stabilize the SUV, while medics worked inside the vehicle to stabilize the patient before moving them, due to the major trauma they had sustained. Once the patient was stabilized and treated for pain, the crew removed both doors and the middle post of the vehicle to get the patient out before transporting them with critical injuries…