Staff at the Crisfield Clinic Helps Somerset Student

The staff of the Crisfield Clinic recently had the opportunity to assist several SCPS students after a bus accident on January 4, 2016 near the clinic. Transportation Supervisor Gregg Sutton wrote, “The staff at the Crisfield Clinic is to be commended for the actions they took on January 4, 2016. On that afternoon, bus 19 was travelling southbound on Maryland 413 with 20 students on board when a trailer dislodged from an SUV, went airborne and tore the hood off the bus and hit the bus windshield. The students were evacuated from the rear of the bus and the staff at the Crisfield Clinic took quick and decisive action. They escorted the 20 students to their building, out of the cold weather where they remained until they were seen by EMS staff and subsequently released to their parents. Although the results could have been tragic, none of the students was injured. The Crisfield Clinic is to be commended and recognized for their actions in providing a safe haven for these students in the wake of this accident.” Clinic director Dr. Kerry Palakanis received an award from the Board of Education on behalf of the clinic.