In the early morning hours of Sunday September 2nd, 2007 at 1:31 AM, Engine Co. 2 was alerted to Mattawoman-Beantown Road in the area of Poplar Hill Road for the motor vehicle accident with an overturned tanker. Engine 23, Tanker 2 and Paramedic Ambulance 28 responded with 9 personnel. Engine 31 and Squad 3 arrived to find an overturned fuel tanker with one subject trapped and requested an additional Squad. This brought Squad 2, Chief 2, Chief 2A and 5 additional personnel. Engine 23 arrived on scene behind Squad 3, Engine 31, and Chief 3-A, and was advised to pull a line from Engine 31 and set up for defensive operations. Engine 23’s personnel split into two crews, one assisting Engine 31 and Squad 3 with the extrication of the driver and the other pulled the 1-3/4″ line off of Engine 31. Chief 3-A advised that once the extrication of the driver was completed all crews and apparatus would be evacuating the immediate area surrounding the tanker. The driver was medevaced priority 1 to PG Trauma Center by Trooper 2. Once the CRASH units from Patuxent River Naval Air Station and Reagan National Airport arrived on scene, crews from Engine 23 and Rescue Engine 13 advanced lines into defensive positions in case of fire. MDE arrived on scene offloaded the fuel from the overturned tanker into an awaiting tanker and examined the scene for any spills. Once the tanker was righted, Command began releasing all units on scene. All Hughesville units were in service at 0741 hours.