Driver Suffers Medical Emergency on I-94, Drives 200 Feet Into Woods

OAK CREEK -- An accident on I-94 near Ryan Road in Oak Creek has been cleared - but not before Oak Creek police and fire and others had to cut through 200 feet of thick brush, trees and fences to recover the vehicle.

According to the Oak Creek Fire Department, the driver of a black SUV heading northbound on I-94 left the roadway near the Ryan Road ramp just before 9 a.m. due to an unspecified medical emergency.

The vehicle then traveled off the road, careening into an area of dense trees, brush, fencing and wires. It took rescue workers about two hours of steady work, employing chain saws, saws-alls and wire cutters to clear an exit path for the vehicle.

Battalion Chief Tom Jonson of the Oak Creek Fire Department said workers were able to formulate a game plan for extricating the vehicle, and were actually able to drive it all the way out back to the road along the man-made exit path.

Traffic had been backed up from Ryan Road to Oakwood Road as a result of the accident, but the scene had been cleared later in the morning.

The Oak Creek Fire department encourages people to visit the department's official Facebook Page or Twitter feed if they hear of an incident in the area and want to learn more about it.