A truck driver was critically injured early Sunday when his semitruck overturned on a freeway ramp in Vancouver, according to the Vancouver Fire Department.
The crash was reported at 7:48 a.m. on the Interstate 205 ramp to westbound state Highway 14, according to a statement from the fire department.
Arriving crews found an unconscious man in the cab of the semi being cared for by an off-duty pararescueman from the Portland-based U.S. Air Force Reserve 304th Rescue Squadron and an off-duty Portland firefighter.
It took Vancouver fire crews 25 minutes to extricate the driver from the wreckage so he could be transported to a hospital in critical condition, according to the fire department statement.
The crash remains under investigation by the Washington State Patrol, the statement said. The name of the driver was not available.
