put out there. unfortunately, there were two fatalities as a result of this collision. we are working with the coroner s office here in lexington county very closely with that. at this time we have transported about 70 patients with various injuries to local area hospitals. one thing that i would like to point out is the extreme cooperation between all of the entities you see here. including the list goes on, including city of columbia, rich land county, fort jackson, sert, all of those have been moving in this operation to assist to make sure all of this is taken care of appropriately. i will go ahead and turn it over to captain adam myrick. and tell you about their agencies involved in this incident. good morning, i m last name myrick. here to tell you a little bit about our role in this response this morning.