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Driver trapped in vehicle after crash

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Posted at 11:09 AM, Mar 20, 2022
and last updated 2022-03-20 11:10:56-04

PUNTA GORDA, Fla. — Units responded at the scene of a vehicle crash on Duncan Road at Persay Drive, in Punta Gorda, where someone was trapped in their vehicle.

According to the report, units arrived at the scene around 3 PM Saturday and said they saw two patients walking from vehicle one, and of them was transported to the hospital.
The trapped driver was in a red SUV and units took about 35 minutes to remove the driver from his entrapment according to the report.

The patient was reportedly airlifted by Aeromed 5 to Gulfcoast Hospital.

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