Rollover crash Sunday evening near Waterloo

Police, fire department and EMS personnel responded about 6:20 p.m. Sunday to a rollover crash in the 1000 block of Floraville Road near Baxmeyer Construction in Waterloo.

The Monroe County Sheriff’s Department said a 2007 GMC Yukon driven by a 56-year-old Waterloo man was traveling east on Floraville Road when witnesses observed the truck go off the right side of the roadway, strike a culvert, skid and overcorrect, and then overturn multiple times before coming to rest on its wheels.

The driver then exited the truck from its sunroof and starting running across a field with apparent injuries. When contacted by police, the driver declined medical transport.

The crash remains under investigation with possible charges pending.

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