VBT man airlifted to hospital after car he was working under fell on him

At 2:43pm, Jan. 16, the Van Buren Fire Department was dispatched to the 40 block of Ponderosa Trail North for an unconscious man that was trapped underneath a vehicle he was working on.
When they arrived at the mobile home park at 8701 Belleville Road they found bystanders had jacked up the car, but the man was still partly under it.
Engine1 (South Duty Crew), Rescue 1 (North Duty Crew), Tac-1 (Inspector Anthony Karver), and Chief 1 (Fire Chief Dan Besson) responded quickly to the scene.
While responding to the call, Chief Besson activated a Survival Flight medical helicopter from the University of Michigan Trauma Center.
Rescue 1 arrived and Battalion Chief Dan McInally initiated the Incident Command System.
The bystanders had jacked up the compact car off the 57-year-old VBT man but he was still lying partially underneath the vehicle.
Rescue 1’s crew began assessing the man’s traumatic injuries while Police Sergeant Mike Moening and Police Officer Scott Griggs, both crossed-trained as firefighters, began stabilizing the car to prevent it from falling on the man or rescue workers.
The man was then stabilized on a backboard to prevent further injuries while Huron Valley Ambulance Paramedics initiated Advanced Life Support Care.
Suffering from major chest trauma, he was loaded into the ambulance and transported a short distance, across Belleville Road, to an empty field where he was transferred to the awaiting medivac crew and airlifted to the University of Michigan Trauma Center.
The man had regained consciousness prior to being airlifted to the hospital and is expected to recover from his injuries, Chief Besson said.
All fire units cleared the scene at 3:25pm.