Firefighters Work To Rescue Worker At Scrap Yard In E. OKC

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Thursday, March 11th 2021, 1:29 pm

By: News 9

Medical Professionals Help Firefighters Free Worker From Scrap Yard Accident

OKLAHOMA CITY -

Firefighters were called to rescue a worker in a scrap yard in east Oklahoma City.

Crews were called Thursday afternoon to the 1500 block of E. Reno Avenue near Eastern Avenue and Interstate 40.

Firefighters said a man's arm is caught in a belt of some kind on an elevated platform.

Medical professionals have been requested to help firefighters proceed with the rescue.

Stay with News 9 for more information as it becomes available.

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