Ottawa Fire Services (OFS) said Ottawa police were called to assist with the extrication of a trapped driver in the area of Merivale Road and Bentley Avenue shortly after 5 p.m. According to a press release, the flatbed ramp was lowered and the driver climbed up and flipped the vehicle onto its side. The SUV had landed on the driver’s side, trapping the driver, OFS said. Crews stabilized the vehicle, but were unable to safely remove the driver from the passenger side or rear door, so they opted to extricate him from the moonroof. It took about 20 minutes to remove the glass moon roof and free the trapped driver, a man in his 20s, who was the only person in the vehicle. Ottawa paramedics say the man was taken to hospital in stable condition.
At 5:02pm yesterday, @OttFire responded for a vehicle that went up the ramp of a flatbed truck and then flipped over and landed on its side in the road. Firefighters stabilized the vehicle and used specialist tools to cut away the moon roof and safely free the trapped driver. 1/2 #OttNews pic.twitter.com/gBS7e4hq1u — Ottawa Fire Services (@OttFire) November 12, 2022
