WQOW TV: Eau Claire, WI NEWS18 News, Weather, and SportsTruck lands on roof in local river, driver dies

Truck lands on roof in local river, driver dies

Cadott (WQOW) - A truck plunges into a local river and ends up on its top. The driver died.

It happened Friday afternoon in Cadott. A witness says the truck went barreling through a field before it went down an embankment and into the Yellow River.

"He was right at the edge of the hayfield and then he just kept going and went off the embankment. He was in the water for about probably 20 minutes before I went across the field. All I could hear was his radio when I got down there and I kept hollering 'hello, anybody hear me?' I didn't know who it was, so the EMT went over and (the driver) was hanging upside down in there," says Alan Lund, a witness.

The driver was the only one inside the truck. Law enforcement says he was from Eau Claire and was 58 years old. His name has not been released.  

Also, there's no word yet on how he died whether he had some kind of medical problem that caused the crash.

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Cadott (WQOW) - The coroner is at the scene of an accident in Chippewa County.  A truck ended up on its top in the Yellow River.

It happened on Friday afternoon in Cadott.  A witness tells News 18 that the truck drove through his property before it went into the river.  He says the driver, a man, was the only one inside.

News 18 will have more updates as they become available.