I'm the guy who wrote the article on the crash for our company website. I hope you'll allow me to answer a couple of questions posed here:
1. The decision to fly was made by the Sykesville paramedic on the scene. Contrary to what was discussed here, the patients did have sufficient MOI to meet the fly-out criteria. They were hurting much more than they first thought.
2. The Maryland State Police aviation teams are fantastic to work with. They are especially great about flying out fellow public servants (police, fire, EMS) as precautions. A flight medic explained it this way to me once: "If we can't help out our own, then what good are we?" I'm not going to argue with that.
As for the collision itself, it remains under investigation by the MSP.
I appreciate the interest in the incident. I'm convinced there will be lessons to be learned once all is said and done. Stay safe.
