SAND SPRINGS, Okla. - A semi truck driver almost lost an appendage Friday after becoming trapped in the cab of his vehicle following a rollover wreck, says OHP.
The Oklahoma Highway Patrol called a surgeon to the scene of a rollover wreck on the Cimarron Turnpike. The driver was successfully extracted from the semi’s cab and taken to a nearby hospital with serious injuries.
Around 7 a.m., the driver was going through a construction zone when it went onto a closed lane and bounced on a guard rail and rolled.
Better view of the seen. Semi is completely flipped over. @KJRH2HD pic.twitter.com/SOwm14ru6o
— Ashley Holt (@AshleyHoltKJRH) July 8, 2016
Eastbound lanes of the Cimarron Turnpike were closed at State Highway 48 but have since been reopened.
OHP Trooper Dwight Durant said the truck was traveling east & rolled. It's the semi driver trapped inside with "severe injuries." @KJRH2HD
— Ashley Holt (@AshleyHoltKJRH) July 8, 2016
On Hwy 412 by the Westport exit where a semi reportedly landed on top of a car with a person inside @KJRH2HD pic.twitter.com/EEYPR9R71U
— Ashley Holt (@AshleyHoltKJRH) July 8, 2016
A crane and backhoe working from the highway and side street to move the truck right now. @KJRH2HD pic.twitter.com/B1nvsjym6T
— Ashley Holt (@AshleyHoltKJRH) July 8, 2016
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