Crews rescued a 67-year-old man who fell off a bridge following a car crash in Charlotte County on Wednesday morning.
According to the Florida Highway Patrol, crews responded to a crash involving a semi-trailer and a Jeep that occurred on northbound I-75 near exit 166, the Peace River Bridge.
After the crash, both vehicles stopped on the paved emergency lane, FHP said.
The Jeep passenger attempted to walk over to the stopped semi-trailer by walking on the ledge of the bridge. While attempting this, he fell off the bridge and fell approximately 45 feet before landing in a wooded area, FHP said.
“At that point, we weren’t sure if they were in the water or if he had landed on the ground. So, units responded, as we normally do, for our response, and we did find the accident on the interstate,” said Charlotte County Fire and EMS Battalion Chief Tim Burke. “And there was one subject that was over the wall into mangroves and some mud on the ground level, but he was not in any water at that point.”
Charlotte County Fire and EMS crews responded to the scene and lifted the injured man back onto the bridge.
“The tactic itself was basically to use an aerial device and create a high angle rescue point at high anchor point, and then we put rescuers on rope, and we lowered them down to the patient to be treated, packaged, and then hauled up over the wall of I-75,” said Burke.
He was then transported to an area hospital, FHP said.
FHP said the crash remains under investigation.
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