Woman transported to hospital after rollover accident in downtown Dexter
A woman was transported to the hospital Tuesday afternoon after her vehicle rolled over following a traffic crash in downtown Dexter, according to fire department officials.
The Dexter Area Fire Department responded to the intersection of Central Avenue and Fifth Street for a rollover accident causing minor injuries at about 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, officials said. The woman was driving on Fifth Street across Central Avenue when her car was clipped by another vehicle, officials said.
The car came to rest on its side and the woman managed to crawl out of the car’s window under her own power, according to officials. The man driving the other vehicle was not injured.
The construction work going on in the area may have caused some confusion before the crash, and the woman drove out in front of the other vehicle, officials said. A Main Street resurfacing project between Jeffords and Baker began Tuesday.
The woman was transported by Huron Valley Ambulance to the Chelsea Community Hospital, according to fire officials.
Kyle Feldscher covers cops and courts for AnnArbor.com. He can be reached at kylefeldscher@annarbor.com or you can follow him on Twitter.
Comments
slug
Wed, Apr 18, 2012 : 7:57 p.m.
I was driving through Dexter around that time and it was such a chaotic mess of detour signs and roads with dead-ends and people madly doing U-turns in the street that I'm not surprised at this accident.
Wordcop
Wed, Apr 18, 2012 : 3:28 p.m.
She crawled out of the car window "under her own power". How else can you crawl?
Steve Burling
Wed, Apr 18, 2012 : 1:35 p.m.
Our minivan got rolled on a residential street, while traveling at 25mph, by just the right combination of being smacked hard at the back end by an idiot who popped out of a side street. That caused the van to spin 180 degrees and hit the curb, which stopped the wheels but not the top of the van, which kept going, hence the roll.
Tru2Blu76
Wed, Apr 18, 2012 : 4:30 a.m.
It's in the U.S. Constitution and in the Bible: Motorists have the inalienable right to drive any daygone way they please. It's those unconstitutional, unholy Satanic Bicyclists and Demonic Pedestrians that are at fault in this case and every other one! Or- this accident may be a preview to show people what happens when that stretch of road gets converted from 4 lanes down to 3 (WITH BIKE LANES!). Chaos, mayhem, catastrophe! Oh wait, that wasn't me speaking, it was my dental filings picking up a WAKO Radio broadcast on the Conservative Radio Network.
jns131
Wed, Apr 18, 2012 : 2:12 p.m.
Molars aside, great post.
ArthGuinness
Wed, Apr 18, 2012 : 12:54 a.m.
Agreed, its highly unusual for a "car" to roll over in even large collisions on flat surfaces. An SUV, however, will tip over just about any chance it gets. But people still think they're safer in them.
Dog Guy
Wed, Apr 18, 2012 : 12:26 a.m.
That's the middle of a huge 25mph zone. Was she driving a Suzuki Samurai?