A Jasper man was seriously injured Wednesday evening when a mobile home he was helping to set and level came down on him after one of its tires blew out, striking him in the back and sending him on an emergency helicopter flight to a Houston hospital.
The Beech Grove Volunteer Fire Department was dispatched at 5:45 p.m. to a report that a trailer house had fallen on a person, according to KTRE. Firefighters say the trailer was being set and leveled when a tire blew out, causing the trailer frame to strike the man in his back and cause serious injury.
Despite the force of the impact, the man was not trapped and had already self-extricated by the time firefighters arrived on scene, per the fire department's account. Crews arrived to find him able to move and immediately began assessing his condition.
Quick Handoff From Ground Crew to Air Ambulance
Allegiance Mobile Health's Jasper EMS unit took over patient care and transported the man to the Beech Grove Volunteer Fire Department's station, the report notes. From there, he was handed off to Allegiance Air 1, which had flown in from Kirbyville, and the helicopter crew then carried him to a Houston hospital for further treatment.
The fire department publicly thanked the medical crews of both Med 94 and Air 1 for their work on the call, the same account states. Deputies Vern Kaylor and Brooke Kaylor Tykol of the Jasper County Sheriff's Office were also credited for assisting with an EMS escort and securing a landing zone for the helicopter.
A Newer Safety Net for Rural Jasper County
The response drew on a relatively new piece of local emergency infrastructure. Jasper County Emergency Services District 3 recently launched a dedicated ambulance service through Allegiance Mobile Health, a move officials say will improve emergency response times and care for residents living outside city limits, according to 12News Now. The station reports the service was made possible through the support of local taxpayers in the ESD 3 jurisdiction.
ESD 3 President Gary Barlow said the partnership gives residents a dedicated ambulance ready to respond when emergencies arise, per the same report. Wednesday's mobile home accident is the kind of rural medical emergency that service was designed to reach quickly.
Mobile home setting work carries real risk when something goes wrong mid-process. Earlier this year, a man died after a mobile home collapsed on him while he and three others worked to level it at a trailer court, according to KEYC, though that incident occurred in a separate location unrelated to the Jasper case.
