Two persons were injured during a head-on collision by two vehicles along Chalan Pale Arnold Road near the Shell Gasoline Station in Gualo Rai on Friday night. <\/p>\n
A 39-year-old Palauan male, who was the driver of one vehicle, complained of dizziness and sustained a laceration to his face. His passenger, a 41-year-old Palauan female, sustained a laceration to the head.<\/p>\n
Department of Fire and Emergency Medical Services emergency medical technicians examined and treated the two victims, then transported them to the Commonwealth Healthcare Center\u2019s emergency room.<\/p>\n
DFEMS spokesman Derek Gersonde said yesterday that the two occupants of the second vehicle were not injured and refused to undergo medical examination. <\/p>\n
Gersonde said that DFEMS received on Friday at 8:31pm a call from the Department of Public Safety 911 dispatch about a vehicular crash near the Shell Gas Station in Gualo Rai.<\/p>\n
Gersonde said medics from Koblerville Fire Station and Rescue team from Susupe Fire Station responded to the scene.<\/p>\n
Upon arrival, emergency medical technicians came upon two vehicles that had collided head on.<\/p>\n
Gersonde said EMTs applied precautions by applying a cervical collar and using a spine board to stabilize the injured victims\u2019 neck and spine as well as controlling the bleeding.<\/p>\n
Gersonde referred to DPS any information regarding the vehicles and or cause of the accident.<\/p>\n
As of press time, DPS had yet to release information about the crash.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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