A driver involved in a fiery crash was able to get out of the vehicle before flames consumed it.
Just after 5 a.m.Thursday morning, the Reelsville / Washington Township VFD was dispatched to a vehicle accident with possible entrapment and fire on US 40 just east of Manhattan Road. On the arrival of Engine 52, it was determined that the truck was fully engulfed and it was unknown if anyone was inside. Mutual aid was requested from Greencastle and Cloverdale Township.
As suppression efforts began, the driver was located in the back of another vehicle from someone that had assisted him out of the truck before responders arrived. The cause of the accident appears to be a medical emergency suffered by the driver. The patient was taken by ambulance to a Terre Haute hospital and the fire was extinguished.
The accident and fire resulted in eastbound US 40 being closed so that the fire could be extinguished and the vehicle removed. Once the vehicle was removed the roadway was opened and units were in service just before 7 a.m.
Also assisting on scene were Putnam County EMS, Putnam County Sheriff's Department, ISP, and Curtis Towing.
New hanger project ready to begin soon at Mid-American Air Center
Bridgeport deals with water system matters
Sumner moving forward with Route 50 waterline expansion project
Knox County (Ind.) man sentenced for crimes involving Illinois college
Gov. Pritzker announces expansion of the National Corn-to-Ethanol Research Center at SIU - Edwardsville
2026 Illinois State Fairs' attendance tops 1 million for second consecutive year
Gas prices on the rise in Indiana
Lawrence County Board to host budget hearing
INDOT announcing Lincoln Memorial Bridge closure
Lawrenceville Police active over the weekend with two arrests
Another fatal accident in Wabash County
Lawrenceville approves water system contract changes and new ordinances
Burn ban issued for Lawrence and Richland Counties
IDHS warns against disaster assistance fraud
Richland County Illinois man sentenced on federal child porn charges
Illinois taking action to assist farmers during harvest season
Lawrence County Veterans Assistance Commission discusses superintendent hiring
Applications open for Indiana's Advanced Nuclear Ready Communities Program
Knox County approves solar setback ordinance on first reading
