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Show Track Wreck finjiFes Local Man M ) J . . F-n r X!5NV it t f$C' I , 4-' y v ; it, , li m A Park Qty man is in critical condition at Salt Lake's IDS Hospital suffering suffer-ing from extensive injuries incurred Tuesday when the truck he was driving rolled near the top of the South Ontario Avenue hill. . Stephen Flbrio, 28 a driver for P and Ci Excavating and well-liked in Park City was pinned ,, underneath the 25 ton dump truck for almost 45 minutes while ambulance crews and utility workers labored feverishly to set him free.. - - In order to free Florio from . underneath the rim of the truck's iron bed, the huge rig . had to be systematically ; jacked up over ; 24 inches.. Because the truck lay, at. a precarious angle on , the hillside, jneh worked meticu- : lously in order to prevent the rig from slipping and inflicting inflict-ing greater harm to Florio, v v As the heavy trock moved up slowly, braces and additional addi-tional jacks were employed to hold it in place while jacks continued to further raise the vehicle. .When Florio was at last free he was immediately v taken by ambulance to an awaiting Life Flight helicopter helicopt-er from LDS HospitaL From there he was transported within minutes to Salt Lake. Emergency Medical Technicians Tech-nicians were notified of the , accident at approximately 10:30 by Kent Greenwald who witnesses the tragedy from v the window of his . Treasure Mountain Condominium. Condo-minium. . 'I saw what appeared to be. a truck flying up through 'the bushes going sideways then heard a crash and saw a tremendous cloud of dust." said - Mr, Greenwafd, ' I knew there . had been an accident and immediately called the police.?, he said. ' " '' - 1 ' ' a'V . '. m'.'; . : . Other witnesses say they saw Florio's truck come out of Ontario Canyon at high speed as if the brakes had failed." Those witnesses say they saw the , truck enter Marsac Avenue, swerve to narrowly miss a parked vehicle and veer right up the Ontario Avenue hill, "as if trying to slow the truck down." It was just flying-it must have been going about ninety," said a witness. Witnesses then observed the truck turn sideways as it climbed the hill and then the "huge" cloud of dust. Florio evidently tried to stop the run away truck by veering up the steep hill to avoid injuries ? to others but ; could not keep the vehicles under control Officer Joe Offret is investigating the accident for the Park City Police Department and will release a full report later. - Stephen Florio is rushed to LDS Hospital following Tuesday's accident south of Ontario Avenue Hill. |