Emergency crews responded to a fully involved vehicle fire following a crash at the intersection of Hilmongrove Road and Cameronhill Road shortly after midnight on Jan. 1, marking the first major Moore County motor vehicle collision of the new year.
“On January 1 at 00:00 hours, our department received the first call for the county and our unit,” reports the Crains Creek Fire Department.
Units were dispatched to a reported vehicle collision and were advised while en route that the vehicle was fully engulfed in flames.
Upon arrival, crews confirmed a single-vehicle crash involving a car that had veered from the roadway and struck nearby trees. The vehicle was fully involved in flames, and a small grass fire was also burning.
The Crains Creek Fire Department says that two occupants were found outside the vehicle and lying on the ground.
“Further investigation revealed that Mr. Dylan Turney and wife Kiersten Turney had removed the victims from the vehicle as the fire began and ensured their safe evacuation,” writes the department. “Notably, Mr. Turney is a volunteer with our department and a full-time firefighter with Spout Springs Emergency Services, who happened to be in close proximity to the accident due to living nearby and responded after hearing the incident occur.”
First responders assisted with patient care before both victims were transported by ambulance to a trauma center.
Dylan and Kiersten Turney.
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