Man escapes serious injury in rollover crash
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Firefighters from Canton and North Franklin townships fire departments work to extricate a man from a Kia Soul that overturned and crashed into a tree in front of Washington Financial at Washington Crown Center Thursday afternoon.
Karen Mansfield/Observer-Reporter
Firefighters pull out a man who was involved in a single-vehicle accident at Washington Crown Mall in North Franklin Township Thursday.
Karen Mansfield/Observer-Reporter
North Franklin and Canton Township firefighters pull a man from his vehicle following an accident on Washington Financial property at Washington Crown Mall.
Editor’s note: This story has been updated to reflect the correct name of Wild Things Park.
A man escaped serious injury in a rollover crash at Washington Crown Center in North Franklin Township Thursday afternoon.
The man, who was not immediately identified, was driving down North Franklin Drive near Wild Things Park when he lost control of his Kia Soul and rolled onto a landscaped section of Washington Financial Bank Crown Center branch shortly after 4:30 p.m.
The car came to a stop on the driver’s side.
North Franklin Fire Department Captain Ken Patress said the driver told firefighters the accelerator pedal became stuck.
Firefighters cut away the roof of the vehicle and pulled the man from the wreckage. He was trapped for about half an hour.
“He was coming off the hill and the accelerator stuck, and this is were he ended up. These guys did a great job to get him out,” said Patress.
The man was taken by ambulance to Washington Hospital for evaluation and treatment.