Crime & Safety
Van Stuck In Green Bay Drawbridge: Driver Rescued
Fire officials say the driver went around the traffic arm and apparently drove onto the opening span, then coasted back into the gap.
GREEN BAY, WI — Firefighters had to rescue a man after his minivan became wedged in a drawbridge in downtown Green Bay.
Officials say the van got stuck between one of the opening spans and the fixed roadway on the Walnut Street Bridge early Thursday.
The Green Bay Metro Fire Department says the driver went around the traffic arm and apparently drove onto the opening span, then coasted back into the gap. Firefighters worried the van could fall through the opening, so they cut a hole in the van's roof and pulled the man through the hole. Video shows a heavy duty wrecker lifting the van out of the gap. (For more local news, click here to sign up for real-time news alerts. If you have an iPhone, click here to get the free Patch iPhone app.)
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The man was not hurt. Officials say the bridge was not damaged.
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