ALTON - A vehicle overturned off Illinois Route 143 and Berm Highway near the Melvin Price Lock and Dam Sunday night and a man was injured, but did not suffer life-threatening injuries, Alton Deputy Fire Chief Brad Sweetman said Monday morning.
The call to Alton Fire Department came in at 9:45 p.m., Sweetman said, and the initial radio traffic in was possible entrapment, but he said that was not the case after firefighters arrived.
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“The patient was not entrapped and extrication was not required,” Sweetman added. “The man was removed from the vehicle and transported to a local hospital.”
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