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FULTON COUNTY - A two-vehicle crash Friday in Fulton County resulted in a Rochester man suffering from life-threatening injuries and one vehicle on fire.
According to a news release from the Fulton County Sheriff’s Office, at approximately 9:06 a.m. Friday, a report was received of an accident with unknown injuries and a vehicle possibly on fire. When emergency personnel arrived, they found two vehicles involved in the crash. Both were off the road on the southwest side of the intersection of U.S. 31 and West 3rd Street. One vehicle was on fire.
A white 1997 Ford truck, driven by Robert Tuttle, 27, Rochester, was traveling west on 3rd Street and crossed into the median, the release states. Tuttle began to cross the southbound lanes when he was hit by a white 2015 Chevrolet truck, driven by Devon Cox, 20, Indianapolis, traveling south. The impact caused the Ford truck to roll over several times and down an embankment before catching on fire.
Cox was not injured.
Tuttle was flown by Samaritan helicopter from the scene to Lutheran Hospital in Fort Wayne with life-threatening injuries.
Assisting the Fulton County Sheriff’s Office were Rochester Fire Department, Lutheran EMS and the Fulton County Emergency Management Agency.
The release states, “A special thank you to several motorists who stopped to assist and several employees of Power Brake and Spring of Rochester for assisting to get Mr. Tuttle from the vehicle and begin to render aid.”
