You can help lower fatal crash statistics : News : ConnectTriStates.com

The Quincy Fire Department responded to 50 percent more car crashes with injuries last year than in 2011. If a patient is entrapped, firefighters must use the "jaws of life" to cut through the car, to rescue he/she.

The number of fatal crashes in Illinois grew last year. The Quincy Fire Department says you can help lower that statistic.

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