Log truck driver rescued following Highway 56 wreck
First responders work to get the driver of a log truck out that crashed on Highway 56 in Sanders County Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2024. The truck left the road and crashed into the Bull River. (Scott Shindledecker/The Western News)
First responders work at the scene of a log truck crash on Highway 56 in Sanders County Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2024. The truck left the road and crashed into the Bull River. (Scott Shindledecker/The Western News)
A truck hauling logs north on Highway 56 in Sanders County left the road and crashed Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2024, into the Bull River. (Scott Shindledecker/The Western News)
The driver of a log truck was injured after it crashed into the Bull River late Wednesday morning on Highway 56 in Sanders County, six miles south of the Lincoln County line.
Numerous first responders and others worked to get the man out of the truck after it left the road. The truck, which had Sanders County plates, lost its load of logs and came to rest on top of them, keeping the vehicle largely out of the water.
The man driving the truck was trapped inside the cab of the truck for more than an hour before he was rescued and taken to Cabinet Peaks Medical Center.
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