SUV Wedged Into Beams On I-43, Driver Faces OWI Charge: Sheriff

MILWAUKEE, WI — A car driving the wrong way on Interstate 43 went off-road in a construction zone and became wedged between steel girders early Sunday morning, according to a statement from the Milwaukee County Sheriff's Office.

Calls came in around 5 a.m. reporting the wrong-way driver near Capitol and Silver Spring Drives, according to a report by FOX6 News. Deputies soon found the vehicle wedged between the beams and located a 28-year-old Milwaukee man trapped inside, the sheriff's office said in a post on Facebook. Below the car was a slope and about 40 feet until the ground, according to the sheriff's office.

A deputy tried checking on the man and called in the North Shore and Milwaukee Fire Departments' Heavy Urban Rescue Team to get the man out of the car.

The man drove into the construction zone where lanes are being added, and according to the sheriff's office, will be facing charges of operating while intoxicated and recklessly endangering safety.

The sheriff's office said it was "by some miracle" that nobody was injured in the incident.