EL DORADO COUNTY, Calif. — A person was freed from a big rig wreck in El Dorado County Wednesday morning.
According to the El Dorado County Fire Protection District, the big rig rolled down an embankment on Rattlesnake Bar Road around 8:30 a.m.
It took multiple fire agencies and the California Highway Patrol about 40 minutes to get the person out of the truck and over to a hospital via helicopter.
The driver had several injuries, but was alert and talking to rescuers.
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