Firefighters rescue man trapped in wreck

Cloverdale firefighters extracted a 53-year-old man from his vehicle after it was involved in a collision on Fryrear Road east of Sisters on Friday.

Michael Wilson of Bend was acting as a postal delivery driver in his white 1991 Subaru wagon late Friday morning when the accident occurred. According to Deschutes County Sheriff's Office reports, Wilson had his vehicle facing northbound on the northbound shoulder near two mailboxes. Tygh Redfield, 63, of Sisters, was driving his Toyota truck southbound on Fryrear Road approaching the area of Wilson's vehicle, when suddenly for an unknown reason, Wilson's vehicle lurched forward and to the left, into Redfield's lane of travel.

Redfield did not have time to react and his truck collided with the right side of Wilson's Subaru on the southbound shoulder. Both vehicles continued west of Fryrear Road, crashing through a fence. Wilson's vehicle came to rest jammed head-on into a tree. Redfield's truck came to rest nearby. The Toyota truck sustained major front-end damage and was towed from the scene by Davis Towing. The Subaru was totaled, sustaining major front and right-side damage and was towed from the scene by Consolidated Towing.

Cloverdale firefighters used hydraulic rescue tools that have recently been put into service to gain access to the patient for Sisters-Camp Sherman fire department paramedics.

Wilson was extricated from the vehicle and transported by Life Flight helicopter to St. Charles Medical Center in Bend.

No citations have been issued.