Fire departments handled wreck injuries, choking victim and more February 24

Yesterday evening, Feb. 24, two ambulances and two fire departments were dispatched to an automobile wreck at the intersection of Highway 30 and County Road 515.

Five passengers were injured in the two-car collision and were transported to hospitals. It was not believed that any of the injuries were life threatening. Besides the ambulances from Baptist Memorial Hospital – Union County, emergency personnel from the West Union and New Albany Fire Departments responded to the collision scene.

About 7 p.m. yesterday an elderly woman choked on food she was trying to swallow. She reportedly had had trouble swallowing for some time previously. Personnel and equipment from the Myrtle and New Albany Fire Departments were dispatched to the woman’s home on Highway 478 near Myrtle. They took appropriate measures to clear her airway and perform CPR. However, they were unable to revive her, and she died at her home.

Earlier in the day fire department and law enforcement personnel responded to a 911 report of a car off the road near Mile Marker 61 of Interstate 22. A thorough search was made but no such car was found.

Also, during the day Thursday New Albany firemen responded to a commercial building on East Main St. People in the building had smelled something burning, which turned out to be a defective motor in a heating system. There was no actual damage to the building.