IN Firefighters Extricate Woman after Hit-and-Run Crash

Jan. 20, 2021

Highland firefighters rescued a woman who was trapped inside her vehicle, which had rolled onto its side following an accident with another vehicle that fled the scene.

By Anna Ortiz

Source The Times, Munster, Ind.

Highland, IN, firefighters freed a woman who was trapped inside her vehicle after a hit-and-run crash with another vehicle Tuesday.

HIGHLAND, IN—A woman was rescued from a vehicle in a hit-and-run crash Tuesday in Highland.

First responders were called to a crash Tuesday afternoon at 45th Street and Liable Road, according to the Highland Fire Department.

Highland firefighters and police arrived on the scene and found a vehicle rolled over onto its side. The woman trapped inside had to be extricated and was taken by ambulance to Community Hospital in Munster, police and firefighters said.

The woman's injuries were not life-threatening, Highland police Cmdr. John Banasiak said.

Highland Fire Department earlier today responded to a hit and run rollover at 45th and Liable. One patient transported after extrication.
Posted by Highland Fire Department on Tuesday, January 19, 2021

A man who was driving the other vehicle involved in the wreck fled the scene, but police found and arrested him shortly after the crash, Banasiak said.

Charges are pending and the man's identity has not yet been released.

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