Firefighters had to use the jaws of life on Sunday afternoon to extricate a woman involved in a two-vehicle collision on Thunder Bay’s north side.
Capt. Dirk Stadey of Thunder Bay Fire Rescue said it was difficult situation.
“It was a very serious two-car collision. The driver was trapped. We had to use the jaws and the cutters to remove her,” Stadey said.
“The vehicle was damaged to such an extent we had to use these type of tools to get her out.”
The vehicle was flipped on its side, coming to rest down the centre of the Expressway. Police directed traffic for about half an hour or more in all four directions while emergency crews attended the scene.
Stadey said the white SUV was designed to crumple and it did, further complicating matters.
“She was trapped right in the steel of the car. Also these newer vehicles have hardened steel rods in them to reinforce them and that makes cutting them very difficult.”
The extent of the woman’s injuries was not known, Stadey said.
The driver of the other vehicle, a passenger sedan, was not hurt.
Police on scene said their investigation is ongoing, but that charges were likely.
