Central Coast Extrication, May 25

AT 0730, Tuesday, May 24, Depoe Bay Firefighter, Oregon State Police, and Pacific West Ambulance were notified of a man calling from his vehicle that had been involved in a crash. The caller reported he thinks he wrecked “about an hour ago”. The vehicle was down an embankment where nobody from the road could have seen him. The caller described that he was able to see a sign that said “South Fogarty Creek”. This information led responders directly to his location. The patient was trapped in his vehicle with severe injuries. Depoe Bay Firefighters were able to free the victim after roughly an hour of extrication. The patient was transported to Boiler Bay State Park in Depoe Bay where he was flown to Emmanuel Trauma Center in Portland by Lifeguard Air Ambulance out of Tillamook. Victim was 25 Y/O/M no other information pending.