04/06/2026
Responded on Easter Sunday April 5th at around 8:15 pm to a report of an MVA with entrapment on East State Rd 56, about a mile east of Brooksburg.
Milton TWP firefighters arrived onscene about 3 to 4 minutes later to find a Jeep over an embankment on its side about 20ft off the roadway in some trees.
On further investigation it was determined that the occupants were thrown free of the vehicle and extrication equipment was not needed.
Two occupants were injured. One sustained minor injuries and another received serious injuries requiring being flown to Louisville by helicopter.
NKDH EMS arrived on scene and assumed emergency care to the victim.
He was placed on a backboard, then into a stokes basket and carried up the embankment by firefighters and EMS to a waiting ambulance.
The patient was then taken to Brooksburg where a helicopter landing zone had been set up to transfer the patient to U of L Trauma Center.
Fire units were on scene about an hour.
