Crews Respond to Multiple Crashes Wednesday, Some Hospitalized
COUNTY WIDE -- It was busy day Wednesday for local first responders.
Several accidents were reported in the morning. Many of them due to slick roads.
A driver hit a concrete barrier when he lost control on the ice covered Maltersville Bridge.
Luckily, that driver wasn’t hurt.
Three people were sent to the hospital a short time later in a crash at the Bretzville Junction. Police say a driver failed to yield the right-of-way and turned into the other lane of travel causing that crash.
Then, a crash on Old Huntingburg Road sent to a driver to the hospital with serious injuries.
Police say the driver of a pick up truck lost control, rolling several times before coming to a rest on its top.
The driver was unresponsive at the scene and CPR was administered.
Police add the driver’s condition is uncertain. His name has not yet been released.
And a dump truck blew a tire and lost control on SR 64 Wednesday afternoon.
That dump truck overturned on the north side of the roadway in a ditch.
64 was shut down for about 30 minutes as the scene was cleared.
The driver was not hurt.