A man in his late 20s was taken to the hospital in serious condition after he drove his car into the Jordan River early Sunday morning.
Salt Lake City fire spokesman Jasen Asay said neighbors called 911 about 3:55 a.m. after they heard a loud noise and looked out their window and spotted a white car upside-down in the river near 500 North and Redwood Road.
Asay said the man was unable to extricate himself from the vehicle and it took about five minutes for firefighters to get him free.
The man, whose head wasn’t underwater, was conscious the whole time, but with temperatures only 10 degrees outside at the time, Asay said firefighters were concerned the man might suffer hypothermia.
Salt Lake City police are investigating why the man’s vehicle ended up in the river
Curt Isakson is a 35 year veteran of the fire service. Curt is currently a Battalion Chief for Escambia County Fire Rescue. Previously worked 9 years with the Pensacola Fire Department where he was assigned as the Company Officer on Rescue 31. Curt’s fire service experiences started at a young age as a Junior firefighter with the Midway Fire Protection District and rose through the ranks to Captain. He has worked in volunteer, career, and combination departments.
Curt has held all ranks up to Battalion Chief and been assigned to operations, training, inspections, and was Chief of Special Operations for 7 years. Curt owns and operates County Fire Tactics that covers a very diverse range of fire service topics, as well as Firefighter Rescues, a site that documents rescues made by firefighters around the country.
He has annual contracts with numerous departments to provide standardized monthly training for these departments that respond daily together under an automatic aid agreement. Curt teaches nationally to include; FDIC, Firehouse Expo, Firehouse World, Orlando Fire Conference, Atlanta Fire Conference, Bowling Green State University, and owns/operates the annual HROC, COBC, WOTF, CFT ODP on Pensacola Beach. He is a Florida Certified Fire Officer, Instructor, Inspector, Arson, and FLUSAR.
