COLUMBIA, S.C. — Highway Patrol says two people were taken to the hospital after a crash with entrapment Thursday morning.
The Columbia fire department says they first responded around 6:15 am to a collision involving three vehicles on the 8200 block of Garners Ferry Road near Old Hopkins Road.
Troopers say an adult and child were rescued from the vehicle after a collision involving a tractor-trailer.
The Columbia Fire department says they were able to get the child out of the car first, before using extrication tools to rescue the woman.
Both the woman and child were then brought up to the road in baskets before being taken to the hospital.
By 8 a.m., both people had been transported and the road reopened.
We do not know the exact conditions of the adult and child, but troopers say they are expected to be ok.
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