BEAVER DAM, Wis. (WFRV) – A 49-year-old Wisconsin man was flown to the hospital after being pulled from his vehicle before it started on fire.
The crash happened on Monday morning at around 11:30 a.m. when deputies responded to South Center Road in the town of Beaver Dam.
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Preliminary investigations reveal a vehicle was traveling northbound on South Center Road and entered the southbound ditch.
The vehicle hit a field drive, causing it to vault, and when it finally came to a rest, a bystander saw what had unfolded and immediately sprung into action.
The Good Samaritan assisted in extricating the 49-year-old man from Beaver Dam out of the vehicle safely before the 2018 Ford Taurus eventually caught on fire.
The Beaver Dam man was sent to a hospital by emergency service personnel before being airlifted by UW Med Flight to another hospital. The man is believed to have suffered severe injuries because of the crash.
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The incident remains under investigation by the Dodge County Sheriff’s Office Crash Investigation Team.
The name of the driver is being withheld at this time.
