(KAIR)--A fiery, Thursday morning single vehicle, Jackson County rollover crash claimed no lives, courtesy of the assistance of a passerby.
That’s according to Jackson County Sheriff Tim Morse who said, in a release, the two men entrapped inside the burning vehicle were able to escape “when a passerby stopped and helped remove the windshield, rescuing both men.”
One of the two was transported by Jackson County EMS to Holton Community Hospital for treatment of what Morse said “appeared to be non-life-threatening injuries.”
The second man was was treated at the scene and refused further treatment.
Details about the two are not released.
According to Morse, the crash happened west of Denison, on K-16 Highway, near 198th Road, with his Deputies notified of the injury accident around 8:40 Thursday morning.
As they, the Holton Fire Department, and Jackson County EMS, arrived on the scene the wrecked pickup truck was fully engulfed with flames, with the two men saved shortly before by the unnamed passerby.
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