FLOYD COUNTY, Ind. (WHAS11) – Officials in Floyd County are investigating an accident where a truck was hanging above a creek bed Sunday.
The Lafayette Township Fire District was sent to Scottsville Road just before 7 a.m.
Officials say the truck had been traveling north on Scottsville Road from Paoli Pike. They say the truck drifted off the roadway, onto a guardrail and slammed into a concrete bridge support.
Crews say the truck was hanging over the creek which was 15-feet below. They say it took them an hour to get the driver out of the vehicle.
The driver did not sustain any injuries but was taken to the hospital as a precaution.
The Floyd County Sheriff’s Department is investigating whether the driver was under the influence.
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.
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