Crews worked for 30 minutes to extricate a man who was involved in a single-vehicle crash in Rochester on Thursday. He later died from his injuries. Firefighters were dispatched to Portland Avenue and Bernard Street about 1:30 a.m. Engine 16 found the vehicle had stuck a hydrant and crashed into a tree. The vehicle was wedged between the tree and a brick landscape wall. Using a variety of rescue tools, firefighters from Engines 10, 16 and Rescue 11 freed the man about 2 a.m.
Crews worked for 30 minutes to extricate a man who was involved in a single-vehicle crash in Rochester on Thursday. He later died from his injuries.
Firefighters were dispatched to Portland Avenue and Bernard Street about 1:30 a.m.
Engine 16 found the vehicle had stuck a hydrant and crashed into a tree. The vehicle was wedged between the tree and a brick landscape wall.
Using a variety of rescue tools, firefighters from Engines 10, 16 and Rescue 11 freed the man about 2 a.m.
He was transported to an area hospital where he died just before 4 a.m.
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