Florence Township, OH : Truck driver was trapped under heap of broken glass after his semi truck went off the Ohio Turnpike and crashed into a tree On Tuesday morning , January 13th 2015

A man was trapped under a heap of broken glass for almost an hour after his semi truck went off the Ohio Turnpike and crashed into a tree Tuesday morning.

At about 10:45 a.m. Tuesday, Tony Frisoli, 54, of Alabama, was driving a 2014 Freightliner Cascadia westbound on the Turnpike, just west of Lorain County, when he went off the right side of the road and hit a tree, according to Trooper Richard Reeder of the Milan Post.

The force of the crash caused the cab and the trailer to break apart. All of the glass that Frisoli was carrying in the trailer flew forward, breaking against the cab and trapping Frisoli under a mound of shattered glass, Reeder said.

Troopers from the Milan Post and firefighters from South Amherst Fire Department responded to the scene. They were able to extricate the injured but conscious truck driver almost an hour after the crash, according to a press release.

Frisoli suffered several cuts from the crash and was taken to Fisher Titus Medical Center in Norwalk for his injuries.
Reeder said it looked like the load Frisoli was carrying on the trailer was not secured properly, causing the straps to break when he hit the tree. Troopers are investigating the cause of the crash.


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Truck driver trapped under glass after crash