Pictures 2003

This page features photos taken on calls with MCR in 2003. We rarely have personnel available to take pictures on calls, which is why there is such a small collection here. Pictures are provided for educational purposes only. Although there were injuries and deaths associated with some of the incidents depicted here, extreme discretion is used in deciding which photos to place on this site. These pictures are only a small example of the severity and number of calls that MCR responds to on a daily basis.

SEPTEMBER 2003. Medic 1 and Medic 3 respond to an accident involving a tractor-trailer that left the highway and crashed into several pine trees. Believe it or not, the driver walked away. In pictures two and three, notice the motor of the truck lying on the ground about 20 feet from the cab. (Photos courtesy of Lynn McQueen - Marlboro Herald Advocate).

MAY 2003. Medic 1 and Medic 3 respond to an accident involving a van and a truck. The driver of the van was killed, and the driver of the truck was transported with non life-threatening injuries.

APRIL 2003. Medic 1 and Medic 2 responded to a farm-tractor / train accident north of McColl. Arrived on scene to find a John Deere tractor having been struck by a freight train. The tractor driver and train engineer both escaped injury. In the pictures below you can see the entire front of the tractor having been ripped off. The tractor motor, lying on the ground, was still running.

APRIL 2003. Medic 1 and Medic 3 responded to a vehicle roll-over accident on Hwy 38 south at the Dillon County Line. The driver of the SUV, who was seriously injured, was transported by Medic 1 directly to McLeod Regional Medical Center in Florence. The pictures below show Medic 3 on scene. Medic 1 had already left the scene en route to the hospital.

APRIL 2003. Medic 1 on the scene of an accident where a car struck a farm tractor. No one was seriously injured.

March 2003. Medic 1, Medic 3, and Medic 4 on the scene of a three vehicle MVA at the intersection of Hwy 38N and Hwy 79 north of Bennettsville. No one was seriously injured.

FEBRUARY 2003. Medic 1, Medic 2, and Medic 3 responded to an accident on 15-401 west of Bennettsville involving 4 cars and an 18-wheeler. The driver of the red Nissan apparently lost control of her car while crossing the ice-covered bridge, and struck the tractor-trailer head-on. The red Nissan was then struck broad-side by the beige Maxima, while the tractor-trailer continued on and over the embankment. The driver of the red Nissan was killed instantly, while all other drivers escaped serious injury. In the first picture, you can see the top of the tractor-trailer through the woods just to the left of the yellow bridge sign.

FEBRUARY 2003. Medic 1 responded to an overturned vehicle with ejection. The driver was seriously injured.

FEBRUARY 2003. Medic 1 responded to an accident on Salem Hwy., South of Bennettsville, that occurred when one of the cars apparently ran a stop sign. No one was seriously injured.

FEBRUARY 2003. Yet another vehicle vs train accident. This driver escaped serious injury.