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CRESTWOOD, Mo., Feb. 15 (UPI) -- Fire officials in Missouri said a sweeper truck driver spent about an hour trapped inside his vehicle when it became lodged in a tree.
Crestwood Assistant Fire Chief Mark Menning said the driver, whose name was not released, was cleaning the Crestwood Sam's Club parking lot in a sweeper truck around 3:45 a.m. Wednesday when the truck went over a guardrail and was left dangling from a tree on a bluff overlooking Interstate 44, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported Wednesday.
The driver, who had cuts on his face and reported leg pain but was cleared of any serious injuries, told rescuers the accelerator on the vehicle had become stuck.
Menning said crews stabilized the truck with cables and cut through the dashboard of the vehicle to free the driver, who spent about an hour in the tree.
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