INDIAN RIVER COUNTY — A person has sustained unknown injuries after getting pinned between a tow truck and a tree Monday afternoon on southbound Interstate 95 south of mile marker 156, the Fellsmere/Sebastian exit for County Road 512.The crash was reported shortly before 3 p.m., initially as a semi-tractor crash. Later, officials said that there was a tow truck involved.Emergency crews responding to the scene said that the tree the person was pinned to would have to be cut down. A medical helicopter was placed on standby in the event air transport were needed.No roadblocks were reported, according to the Florida Highway Patrol’s Web site. Further details regarding the crash were not immediately available.This article will be updated as details are released.
Crash pins person between tree, tow truck southbound on I-95 at 156 marker
Written by: Admin October 12 2009
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