“Unfamiliarity” with roundabout blamed for wreck that left driver with “vital accidents”
Police are blaming a trucker’s unfamiliarity with the realm for a critical wreck that left him with accidents to his arm.
The accident occurred at roughly 11:52 p.m. at a roundabout in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin on Wednesday, Might tenth.
In keeping with the Fond Du Lac Police Division, emergency responders arrived to the realm of East Johnson Avenue and Wisconsin American Drive after receiving reviews of an overturned tractor trailer with the driving force pinned inside.
Officers arrived to find a 22-year-old trucker pinned in his seat with what gave the impression to be a compound fracture to his arm and vital blood loss. An officer’s physique cam captured him making use of a tourniquet to cease the blood loss earlier than the younger driver was extricated from the cab and transported to a close-by hospital. The driving force was later flown by helicopter to a second hospital for additional remedy of his accidents.
The incident continues to be below investigation, however officers consider that “extreme velocity and unfamiliarity with the placement and roundabout” contributed to the wreck.
