An elderly male was extricated by rope, today (Thursday) from the scene of a motor vehicle accident in Fremont County. The Fremont County Sheriff’s Office says at around 8:36-a.m., deputies were dispatched to a single-vehicle accident at the intersection of Knox Road and Grandview Road, west of Sidney.

Photo courtesy Fremont County Sheriff’s Office.

A 1998 Ford Explorer driven by 71-year old Darol Don Hankins, of Sidney, was traveling eastbound when for unknown reasons the vehicle left the roadway and entered a ravine on the south side of the road. The vehicle came to rest approximately 100 feet below the roadway in dense trees, partially in the waterway. The vehicle was not visible from the roadway.

Firefighters extracted Hankins from the vehicle and used a low angle rope rescue to extract him from the ravine. Hankins was transported to the Shenandoah Medical Center for treatment of undisclosed injuries.

Sidney Fire and Rescue and Hamburg Fire and Rescue assisted the Fremont Count Sheriff’s Office with the call.