Mesa Fire: Man taken to hospital after dump truck overturned

Courtesy: Mesa Fire and Medical

Fire officials in Mesa say a man was taken to the hospital with life-threatening injuries following a crash involving a dump truck Thursday afternoon.

The crash happened at around 3:00 p.m. near the area of Higley and Longbow, and fire officials say the man, who is a construction worker in his 30s, was caged in the driver's compartment of a heavy haul dump truck.

The driver was subsequently freed from the overturned truck and flown to the hospital. His name was not released.

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