A TWO vehicle collision on the outskirts of the city on Tuesday afternoon has been described as a particularly difficult crash scene for emergency services to manage.
Three people were admitted to hospital after it took more than 90 minutes to remove one of the victims from a vehicle.
At around 4.40pm, Country Fire Service, Metropolitan Fire Service, State Emergency Service, police and ambulance crews attended the scene of the crash on the corner of Yahl and Ruwoldt roads.
A Holden station wagon was travelling west on Ruwoldt Road and a Hyundai van travelling north on Yahl Road when the crash occurred, according to Mount Gambier Police officer in charge Senior Sergeant Chris King.
The high speed crash left both cars with extensive damage and the drivers of each vehicle trapped inside the wrecks for some time.
“Paramedics and extensive care paramedics worked with other emergency service crews to extract the two people from the vehicles with one person entrapped for over 90 minutes,” Limestone Coast ambulance operations manager Andrew Thomas said.
“It was an extremely difficult scene with both vehicles off the road and some distance apart.
“The emergency service crews worked extremely well together in trying circumstances to undertake the extractions, while also undergoing treatment and assessments.”
All three people involved in the crash were admitted to the Mount Gambier Hospital with injuries that were serious but not life-threatening.
Investigations into the cause of the crash are continuing.
