A 44-year-old woman spent part of Friday morning trapped under the ice cream truck she was driving after a tire blew out and caused the vehicle to careen across the road and flip on its side.
The woman was transported to Genesys Hospital in Grand Blanc with serious injuries, including trauma caused when her leg was pinned under the truck for nearly 20 minutes.
‘She was actually pretty lucky,? said Lt. Tim Adkins at the scene Friday. ‘The whole weight of the vehicle wasn’t on her’the way the truck landed on the curb left a gap that prevented her from being much more seriously injured.?
The woman was conscious and talking at the scene, he said.
The accident occurred just before noon along White Lake Road in Independence Township, causing police to close the road between Dixie Highway and Andersonville Road for several hours.
Individual ice cream treats melted in the sun while accident investigators recorded data at the scene of the crash, in front of Timberline Estates subdivision. A splash of liquefied ice cream escaped from the truck as it was righted by Byer’s Towing, and had to be hosed from the road by Independence Township firefighters.
No other vehicles were involved in the crash.