A driver was injured this morning after his car slammed into a parked sport utility vehicle in the 600 block of South Buckeye Street.
The driver, whose name has not been released, was trapped briefly. Firefighters and police officers rushed to free the driver.
The situation was even more precarious because of a fire that resulted from the crash.
The impact from the strike sent the parked SUV into the back of a minivan parked directly in front of it.
Iolans Audrey Montague and Travis Tomlinson, who live in a nearby house, said they were awakened from the sound of the collision.
They rushed outside to find the driver trapped in his vehicle.
Tomlinson said he used a fire extinguisher in an attempt to knock down the flames, but was unsuccessful before emergency crews arrived.
The driver was taken via ambulance to Allen County Regional Hospital.
Both of the parked vehicles sustained major damage.
Montague noted those were the only two vehicles the couple owned, leaving them without transportation for the time being.
The accident occurred shortly after 3:30 a.m. It took more than two hours for crews to get the wreckage cleared and street cleaned.
Driver hurt in early a.m. wreck
