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A Bethalto firefighter attaches a stabilization pole to the below aspect of a Ford Taurus which crashed Tuesday on Culp Lane in Bethalto. It took firefighters virtually an hour to chop the motive force from the automobile.
John Badman
BETHALTO — It took firefighters virtually an hour to chop a girl from her Ford Taurus at noon Tuesday on Culp Lane after a single-vehicle accident.
Bethalto firefighters and police responded simply earlier than midday to search out the car on its aspect in a ditch throughout from Steve Bryant Group Park on Culp Lane. Earlier than ending up within the ditch, the automobile obliterated about 150 toes of wood rail fencing in entrance of the park.
One of many rails was shoved into the engine compartment of the automobile.
A helicopter was referred to as from Air Evac Lifeteam and landed within the park as firefighters lower out the windshield and roof of the car with hydraulic rescue instruments.
Further cuts contained in the automobile have been wanted earlier than the feminine driver was eliminated about 12:50 p.m. A passerby who arrived proper after the crash stood on a sewer culvert and held open a door for an hour for a firefighter who climbed into the automobile with the motive force.
Different firefighters secured the automobile with stabilization poles to forestall it from transferring through the rescue.
Alton Memorial Ambulance paramedics assisted in treating the girl earlier than she was airlifted to a St. Louis trauma heart at 12:58 p.m. Tuesday.
No different autos have been concerned and Bethalto police have been investigating the reason for the crash Tuesday afternoon.
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