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  Helicopter flies injured Johnston man from crash scene web posted May 11, 2007  JOHNSTON – Shortly
after noon Thursday
Johnston Police, Johnston Fire Department, and County EMS personnel
were called
to the scene of a two-car crash at the corner of Edisto and Academy
Streets. One of the vehicles, a Chrysler van, overturned and the driver
was trapped inside.Firefighters and EMS personnel extricated the man from the van and immobilized his and placed him in an ambulance to be transported to the landing zone located at the old National Guard Armory to be flown to MCG Trauma Unit in Augusta. A Life Reach helicopter arrived a short time later to transport the injured man. He was said to be suffering from a broken arm and complained of chest and stomach pain but was “stable”.  The collision
occurred as the van was traveling south on Edisto Street
when it was struck in the rear by a green Chevy pick-up truck exiting
Academy Street. The impact caused the driver of the van to lose control
and overturn a short distance away. Johnston Police Chief Chris Aston
said the driver of the pick-up would be charged for failure to yield
right of way in the collision. Chief Aston said the driver of the truck
claimed not to have seen the van when entering the intersection from a
stop sign.The condition of the injured man, a Johnston resident, was not available later in the day. For
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