Rollover Accident

Rollover Accident

On April 16th at approximately 2:33 am, The Richland Center Fire Department Duty Crew was paged to a one vehicle roll over east of the village of Boaz.  The incident occurred on Dayton Ridge Road, approximately .25 miles east of Shannon’s Way Lane in Dayton Township.  The reporting party was following a vehicle on Dayton Ridge Road when the vehicle left the roadway and overturned.  The female driver was trapped in the vehicle and was injured.  The Duty Crew used the Jaws of Life (Holmatro Rescue Tools) to remove the roof of the vehicle and extricate the injured driver.  Members of the Duty Crew also established an emergency landing zone at the Boaz Village Park.  The victim was transported by Richland EMS to the landing zone where they met a Med-Flight helicopter.  Med-Flight then transported the injured subject to a hospital in Madison.  The Fire Department was assisted by Richland EMS, Richland County Sheriff’s Dept. and the Richland Center Police Dept.