Mesa Fire: Man taken to hospital after dump truck overturned
MESA, Ariz. - Fire officials in Mesa say a man was taken to the hospital with life-threatening injuries following a crash involving a dump truck Thursday afternoon.
The crash happened at around 3:00 p.m. near the area of Higley and Longbow, and fire officials say the man, who is a construction worker in his 30s, was caged in the driver's compartment of a heavy haul dump truck.
The driver was subsequently freed from the overturned truck and flown to the hospital. His name was not released.