Fatal Vehicle Crash In Oakley With Extrication by Firefighters

At 10:25 am Saturday, the East Contra Costa Fire Protection District firefighters were dispatched to a vehicle rollover crash at W. Cypress at O’Hara in the City of Oakley. It was reported as a two-vehicle crash with a vehicle on its roof and one vehicle on fire. The crash was fatal along with another person airlifted to a local hospital in critical condition.
According to the City of Oakley, they expect the roadway to be closed for several hours. While W. Cypress Road will be shut down for several hours, O’Hara has no delays and is open.
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Note - due to the nature of this crash, the focus was on the accident and vehicle extrication by firefighters, not the people involved.
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[@katiekane5247]

Never leave home without telling your family you love them. Life can be gone in an instant. Good work team, condolences to those who lost a loved one & those injured.

[@senorajuanita396]

Katie Kane Beautifully said.

[@kakashialcantara7217]

B

[@Polemic-2525]

What if they don’t love you ?

[@carolrainey8463]

I have noticed that some people have asked why the paramedics are not rendering aid to the victims while they are being extracted from the vehicle. My husband is a 20 year now retired fireman. It's because they can't reach the victims enough to render aid yet. Often they will try to climb into the vehicle in order to reach the victims, but if it's not safe they are NOT allowed to. That's why firemen are trained in medical aid. They can only do what they can do. Sometimes it's already too late. Sometimes they have too much of the vehicle on them to get to them. Example: a woman was pinned under the dash and steering wheel of her car and the door was pushed in on her by a pickup that ran the light speeding. There was no way to reach her until the firemen could cut enough of the car off of her. When he slammed into the driver's side of her car he pushed her door into her. Then her car into another car and that car was stuck against her other door. The driver of the other car was also trapped because his car was shoved into a street light pole. So, do you see how sometimes it's not possible to reach the victims enough to render aid yet. The woman who was pinned under her steering wheel survived with 3 broken ribs, a broken collar bone and a broken arm and foot. The man trapped in the other car survived with a broken shoulder and arm. The guy who ran the light speeding only had a busted lip and cracked ribs. He was drunk of course.

[@pattimorris6200]

Prayers for everyone..Thank you police and first responders

[@califdad4]

looked it up, the 66 year old driver of the van was doing over 100 MPH they are not sure if he had a medical emergency , he also took out the telephone pole and flipped over

[@carolrainey8463]

NEVER LEAVE HOME WITHOUT FIRST PRAYING FOR PROTECTION !!

[@cubanbarbee]

Rip and condolences to the family.

[@sallyclay1974]

Speed kills. Whether it's speed mixed with heavy booze or not , the outcome is usually the same. Death! Slow down, life is short, We all share roads and highways all over. RIP! Blessings and prayers to the families, and to the cops and firemen.

[@JustinCase-bv3li]

Two of the firefighters were brothers Alex and Jason Ball, thankfully the driver wasn't pulled out by the Balls.

[@FD-E-St-Fire]

Good use of the rescue 42 setup, great stability equipment. Used it for years

[@tj1lincoln182]

The things they have to see is just wow You have to be a strong person to have a job like this surely they can’t just leave the scene without a tear in their eye

[@annemillar6757]

They block the view out of respect for the person and their family!

[@jasonh7726]

You never know when an asshole w a camera and no moral compass will show up and film it, so they have to move a truck to block his view.

[@michaelmccarthy4615]

Many countries allow any photographs of anything or anyone at anytime

[@helenmorelli1101]

We (my family and I) pray daily for all public safety because of scenarios like this. These first responders/firefighters, law enforcement officers, emts/paramedics have emotional issues after working accidents like this.

[@kechiafulks4364]

😥😥😥 praying for the family of the victims 🙏

[@sallyclay1974]

Another speedy driver. Can't wait to go to the morgue. U wonder about people! RIP! Blessings and prayers to the families! Also, to the cops and firemen.

[@michaelmccarthy4615]

They block the view as if it's too much for people to handle. But make documentaries called Red Asphalt to show young new drivers the danger they may encounter. That's irony...

[@benjaminsorenson]

Not really.

[@michaelmccarthy4615]

@@benjaminsorenson once a year. Authorities close down streets and bring all the high school students out of class to see expensive realistic reenactments of fatal DUI crashes. With police, fire, and medical on hand. They tow in wrecked cars for the set up. That's not irony? It's the same message.... look, but don't look?

[@lisalentile177]

It used to be mandatory before you got your license in the 80 decapitated bodies everything now some pussy bitched the death toll went up

[@martinencinal3073]

@@lisalentile177 huh?

[@martinencinal3073]

They blocked the view out of respect for the guy who died and the privacy of his family. The people who were featured on Red Asphalt had family sign off on it in hopes to educate student (15 year old) drivers. This instance would have been just to satisfy your/other random internet peoples morbid curiosity.

[@LT905yoc]

Much respect to the FD for pulling their vehicles to block the view of the public. That is someones family member and a tricky extrication such as this does not need filmed and aired to the world especially if next of kin has yet to be notified.

[@40ozmangi]

those poles are burried like 20 feet deep with concrete..... how fast do you gooo be going to clip that..... good god. RIP

[@ncredbird3998]

How did this happen? Did one run a light or stop sign, cut off the other? So sad and senseless

[@jasonh7726]

The driver of the black car was texting and driving and ran the red light. Did that help you? Because I made that up.

[@ncredbird3998]

@@jasonh7726 🤔🤦‍♀️nope

[@binky8501]

Good job changing angles to keep victims privacy

[@SalixNigra2]

odeis5 if you consider the videographer gore seeking, then why are you watching it? I'm assuming no one held a gun to your head and forced you to watch it.

[@khamariblair7284]

Slow down, because where you have to go will still be there . But speeding and careless driving can cause you not to be here or there.

[@cindywelch2108]

Yep. Another huge cause of wrecks are slow drivers in the left passing lane. Causes drivers to pass on right. Left lane is for passing. If you're not passing the cars on your right then get the hell out of left lane. Another big one is driver's not reading the signs on roadway and making wreckless multiple lane changes because they were going to miss exit because they weren't paying attention. Older drivers in Florida are horrible.

[@esechucote52]

life is borrowed only

[@flyingdutchman700]

It always puzzles me what kind of brain one must have to produce such an outcome like this, specially when driving in city streets, in the middle of children, old people, other bypassers

[@justinwilson3047]

So one dead and what happened to the other one is he still alive

[@EastCountyToday]

He was airlifted in critical condition.

[@andrewsstation6436]

EastCountyToday I hope he recovered!

[@INSHERRYSOPINION]

Oakley Kansas ?

[@martinencinal3073]

California

[@phatista]

Didn’t know there were Palms in Kansas

[@dalesperduto2708]

Cameraman doesn’t focus on the extraction. I know what a fire truck and police tape look like

[@michaelmccarthy4615]

Here comes the $45,000 out of pocket helicopter ride...

[@MrCheckitout123]

they offer membership @ $85.00yr for an entire household calstar.org/membership/

[@michaelmccarthy4615]

@@MrCheckitout123 read about the recent huge growth in the nation's medivac helicopter fleet. Far exceeding the actual needs of the service. The industry itself created a solution looking for a problem... They alone can decide when to fly or not. It's another quiet ballooning scam of corporate greed....

[@michaelmccarthy4615]

@@MrCheckitout123 do you know anyone in your entire life that required to be medivac flown out?

[@MrCheckitout123]

@@michaelmccarthy4615 I have treated, requested and loaded patients flown to nearest trauma center. I have been on the ground making that call, ground transpo or air. As for fleets far exceed need of service, sounds good until you have to request an airship 1hr out because the other two helos are assigned to other calls. think what you want, $85 bucks is real cheap for peace of mind.

[@michaelmccarthy4615]

@@MrCheckitout123 from your evasive response... It looks like the private air ambulance industry is another growing industry thats ripe for tighter government regulation..... instead the worried population getting more insurance for something they likely won't ever need or use. Another solution looking for the high priced helicopter ride problem. Maybe S&R helicopters should transport patients and private air ambulances should rescue lost hikers.... you could sell insurance at the trail head... I probably wouldn't be surprised what you've been sold...

[@karenbougher1219]

i was just surprised

[@happydirt9377]

That’s it!?!?

[@ronniecardy]

Shame! A person died do to looks to me a high speed crash. My opinion

[@knutundthomasforever2959]

Never leave home without clean underwear

[@MrRawMonkey]

Good to see the fire service employing a miniature fireman for getting into tight spaces.

[@dalhousieDream]

I'm sure this hero will be glad to see your comment, and I am sure that you are not a hero.

[@jimmccabe801]

Stupid comment.

[@lindaclarkq8326]

See a big hole in that back tire that they just showed....vehicle is a bit of a distance away from that downed pole.

[@leebimsleeleebims9831]

When ever its a vehicle vs. Telephone pole/light pole/tree its almost always certain death .

[@johnwashburn7423]

Of course it is not on the people involved. First, the photographer might be booted from the scene for photographing the victims, second we want to shield delicate, easily offended eyes from the reality of the results of terrible driving.

[@billjenkins687]

Stop protecting people from reality. They NEED reality or nothing is learned or gained.

[@Hasselhoff25816]

No need for brains here. A fetus could reasonably determine by looking at that scene that they were excessively speeding. Terrible that such a small sin costs people their lives.

[@marygould7934]

i hate when they dont let us see the people being taken out of the vehicle.

[@richmorgan244]

I wonder if that hole in the rear tire of the minivan was the cause or the result of the accident.

[@gosportjamie]

I would say a result of, that type of damage to a tyre is consistent with hitting a kerb at speed, so the vehicle may well have been out of control by the time that happened...

[@cB-my5db]

I once dozed off while driving late one eve,(not intoxicated, just more tired than I realized),& I woke up when my car hit a curb&my car was facing a building. I had 3 holes on the side of my tire from riding the curb before coming to an abrupt stop.(there are black tire marks along the curb right b4 the spot where I stopped! I never drive late at night or tired anymore!

[@meredithbenjamin6694]

@@cB-my5db I'm glad you were granted a 2 ND chance.. 🙂

[@stardustdreams234]

Not quite.

[@cB-my5db]

@@meredithbenjamin6694 thank you🙂

[@jrock8954]

Must’ve been going too slow.

[@dixienormiss8192]

💐🕊

[@Jo.Ba.]

Why aren't the Paramedics doing their work on the patient whilst the FD is on the extrication? Ok....will be very unsafe for them with no PPE on...but they should've those on the truck, don't they? You waste time as hell on the patient waiting for them to be out of the vehicle! Shock is not waiting bout 15 minutes...

[@jontraverse2971]

cant do much when their already dead lol

[@Jo.Ba.]

Ah...were all of them deceased on scene? Then this would make sense, of course... I understood this like one dead and one hurt trapped in the vehicle...didn't read the story 🤷‍♂️

[@barbrn]

Jo Ba, why would you comment on a story w/o reading it first? Click on the link for the updated story: a bystander(in the truck?) was critically injured & was the person airlifted to the hospital.

[@jimmccabe801]

There's the know it all.

[@carolrainey8463]

Sometimes they can't reach the victims enough to render aid. Try asking them why before you bad mouth them. Are you there???

[@roychristie1042]

😈I The Grim Reaper loves collecting Souls I have been doing it for years and still got room for more souls. 😈So I dare you to do the speed limit I dare you.

[@spaarm]

Video doesn’t show anything we want gore lmao

[@bunnymaurer5164]

Baitix isn't doing anything but standing there

[@lsr69wontquit64]

Do u really think blocking is going to make it easiier for family?

[@lisalentile177]

They have to see it anyway

[@martinencinal3073]

absolutely.

[@westcoastbred7745]

Is that firefighter a little person?😀🤣