July 5–Seattle Firefighters used industrial air bags to lift a car off a patient whose leg became trapped underneath her own car.

At 2:55 p.m. Seattle Firefighters responded to the intersection of 27th Avenue West and West Blaine Street to reports of a female trapped under a car.

Ladder Company 6 used industrial air bags to lift the car off of the female patient. The woman in her late 60’s suffered minor injuries and firefighters on Aid Unit 2 transported her to Harborview Medical Center.