Brewster -Serious MVA and electrocution 5-18-06

[Guest]

What i do know is the following (per Putnam 911 radio traffic), interested as to what exactly happned:

The MVA:

- 1 Serious MVA w/rollover and entrapment

- pt. possibly apneic

- Statflight LZ established @ Putnam Bank w/ Carmel engine MA

- 1 pt. was transported via Statflight w/ head injuries (apprently unrestrained)

- 2 pts transported to Danbury BLS

The Electrocution:

- dispatched as Echo level call for possible cardiac arrest due to electrocution

- caller stated electrocution due to working on high voltage cables?

- i think i heard somthing about electrocution through the ladder?

- caller attempting CPR

- last things i got were 11-1-1 and Medic 4 on scene

[breezly 6]

Connecticut man electrocuted in Southeast

By TERRY CORCORAN

tcorcora@lohud.com

THE JOURNAL NEWS

(Original publication: May 19, 2006)

SOUTHEAST — A 20-year-old house painter was electrocuted when he accidentally hit a power line with an aluminum ladder.

Astrit Polozani, of Ridgefield, Conn., was pronounced dead at Danbury Hospital after the accident, which happened around 2:30 p.m.Thursday at a house on Dingle Ridge Road, according to state police from the Brewster barracks.

Polozani was painting a house at 126 Dingle Ridge Road when the 20-foot aluminum extension ladder he was carrying brushed up against a New York State Electric and Gas power line that carried at least 4,000 volts.

Brewster Ambulance responded and rushed Polozani to Danbury Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 3:04 p.m. State police are calling it an industrial accident.

READ MORE ABOUT THIS STORY IN TOMORROW'S JOURNAL NEWS.