ALTOONA, Wis — Rescuers cut through metal to pry loose the driver of a car that missed a curve on Otter Creek Road. The driver, whose name was withheld without explanation by Eau Claire County Sheriff Dave Riewestah, was taken to an Eau Claire hospital. The accident was about 4:10 p.m. at Hobbs Road. Deputies said the vehicle was eastbound on Otter Creek Road when driver failed to negotiate a curve, crashed through a grove of small trees and rammed to a halt against a large oak. The driver was intoxicated, deputies said.
Crumpled front end. Driver, alone in car, was trapped by a door that telescoped backward in the impact