BARDSTOWN, Ky. (LEX 18) — Firefighters rescued a driver from an overturned vehicle in an icy creek in Nelson County on Wednesday afternoon, officials reported.
The Bardstown Fire Department, along with Nelson County Fire and Nelson County Fire & Rescue, responded to the 1300 block of High Grove Road at at around 3:15 p.m. for reports of a vehicle overturned in a creek.
Crews arrived to find a single vehicle flipped over in a creek bed with about a foot of water and ice covering the area.
Nelson County Fire & Rescue conducted the extrication of the patient while Bardstown Fire Department set up a rope system using their aerial device to remove the person from the creek bed, the department reported.
Once the patient was freed from the vehicle, crews placed them in a stokes basket. The basket was then connected to the rope system on the aerial truck, officials explained. Firefighters used the aerial as a haul system by extending and retracting the device to lift the patient to safety.
The condition of the driver was not immediately released. The cause of the crash remains under investigation.
