Truck overturns into sewer ditch
Larry Deklinski/Staff Photo Tom Weaver, 65, is pulled to safety from his overturned pickup truck that landed in a ditch behind Clark's Feed Mill in Weigh Scales Sunday evening. 02/05/12
WEIGH SCALES - An Overlook man was rescued from a vehicle that overturned into a sewer ditch off of Mountain Road in Weigh Scales Sunday evening.
Emergency crews were initially called out at approximately 7:08 p.m. for a vehicle trapped in water. Responders found the vehicle upside down in a sewer ditch with Tom Weaver, 65, of Overlook inside. Firefighters removed Weaver from the wreckage placing him into a waiting ambulance.
Ralpho Township Police Officer Christopher Grow said that Weaver had been in the vehicle for some time before crews were called.
"A passing motorist was coming down Mountain Road toward Route 61, when he thought he saw the vehicle," Grow said. "He turned around and checked again and that was when he found the vehicle with Weaver inside."
Grow could not provide any more information on scene and stated that that Weaver was being uncooperative in the ambulance, and it was unclear if he was going to be taken for treatment.
Assisting police at the scene were Elysburg and Area Services Ambulance, Elysburg and Overlook Fire Departments and Shamokin City Police.
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