Man rescued from between truck’s tires

Updated Feb 6, 2019
Firefighters extricated a man trapped between two semi tires in Plymouth Thursday, Jan. 17. (Photo: Lt. Nathan Lee, Livonia Fire Department)Firefighters extricated a man trapped between two semi tires in Plymouth Thursday, Jan. 17. (Photo: Lt. Nathan Lee, Livonia Fire Department)

A man working on a tractor-trailer in suburban Detroit became trapped between its wheels Thursday evening when another person started to move the truck, not knowing the man was under it.

Somehow the man escaped with minor injuries, according to the Livonia Fire Department, which helped rescue the man.

The Detroit Free Press reports it took about 40 minutes to extricate the man from between two tires. The man was said to be repairing a refrigeration unit at the time of the mishap, which occurred in Plymouth Township northwest of Detroit.