Multi-Casualty Vehicle Accident Involving Multiple Fatalities in Daly City

On March 9, 2013 at 8:15 p.m., four Fire Companies, three ambulances, and one Chief Officer, responded to a motor vehicle accident involving multiple victims at 101 Eastmoor Avenue in Daly City.

The first arriving fire company assessed the incident and based on the number of victims requested additional resources. Firefighter paramedics coordinated triage, treatment and extrication of the victims from one of the two vehicles. Three of the victims were subsequently pronounced deceased at the scene and a fourth was taken to a local area hospital for further evaluation and treatment. The incident was mitigated in approximately ninety minutes and the accident is being investigated by the Daly City Police Department.