(Update 10:30-a.m.) Emergency crews responded at around 9:45-a.m. today (Tuesday), to a rollover accident involving a crane, south of Wiota. The accident happened on 690th Street (Cass County Road N-28), south of Lansing Road. Cumberland Fire Chief Sean South told KJAN News the driver of the truck had to be extricated by mechanical means (The Jaws of Life), after he was trapped in the vehicle. The accident happened, he said, when the northbound truck/crane got too far over onto the soft shoulder, and rolled into the ditch. The unidentified driver was conscious and breathing, and talking with rescuers before he was transported to the Cass County Memorial Hospital by Medivac.

Both lanes of N-28 were blocked for a time.  Cumberland Fire and Rescue, Anita Rescue and Wiota First Responders, along with Medivac Ambulance, the Cass County Sheriff’s Office and Emergency Management Agency responded to the scene.

Photo courtesy Mike Kennon, Cass County EMA