BRUNSWICK COUNTY, VIRGINIA — A log truck overturned in the Ebony area of Brunswick County Wednesday morning, sending the driver to the hospital by helicopter, according to the Ebony Volunteer Fire Department.

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Emergency crews were dispatched around 9:20 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 14, for a reported crash involving a person trapped in a log truck, officials said.

Fire crews arrived to find a single-vehicle crash with the log truck overturned. The fire department said the driver was assisted out through the windshield area by a passerby before responders arrived.

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Officials said Central Rescue Squad arrived around the same time as fire units and took over patient care. Due to the severity of the crash, the driver was airlifted to a nearby hospital.

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Crews were cleared from the scene around 10:50 a.m., though the truck and spilled logs were beginning to be removed, officials said.

The crash remains under investigation.

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