Sullivan Fire District was dispatched to assist Cuba Fire District with extrication of a semi truck driver that left the eastbound lanes of I-44 about a mile east of the Hwy UU Overpass, in the area of the 212 mile marker. The semi struck a tree and overturned. When I arrived, I drove over to the North Service Road to photograph the accident, there was a long line of fire trucks parked on the shoulder with a few large wreckers mixed in here and there…..

It took firefighters quite a while to extricate the driver from the cab, the trailer believed to be on top of the cab, making things tougher for firefighters and medics to deal with….and once they did, a medical helicopter landed on the eastbound lanes and medical crews transferred the driver to the air unit….

AVI 58 Semi Crash Into Tree EB 44 at 211 MM East of Cuba 2022-1004.AVI