Firefighters help one person from flipped car in east end of Ottawa

Firefighters helped one person who was trapped in their car after it flipped over in Ottawa's east end.

By CityNews Ottawa staff

Posted Sep 17, 2023 08:59:50 PM.

Last Updated Sep 17, 2023 09:15:35 PM.

Ottawa firefighters rescued one person after their car flipped off an off-ramp on Highway 174 on Sunday, Sept. 17.

Ottawa Fire Services (OFS) received multiple 9-1-1 calls about a flipped vehicle at the off ramp of Highway 174 at Montreal Road at roughly 2:45 Sunday morning.

Crews used rescue jacks to stabilize the vehicle and later set up a waku ladder against the vehicle.

Firefighters were able lift the passenger door and safely extricating the driver from the vehicle just after 3 a.m.  Thermal imaging camera was used to check the bushes in the surrounding area for any other passengers and none were found.

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