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Injuries Serious in Rolling Prairie Crash

(Rolling Prairie, IN) - A man was seriously injured in a single vehicle crash in Rolling Prairie over the weekend.

 

According to La Porte County Police, 52-year-old Brian Pleasant was eastbound on Michigan Street when he veered off the road to his left. His Volkswagen Beetle struck a street sign, an AT&T box and a tree in front of Rolling Elementary School, before rolling and ultimately coming to rest on its wheels. 

 

The crash occurred about 8: 30 a.m. on Saturday.

 

Authorities state Pleasant was unconscious and extricated from the wreckage by firefighters, before being taken by medical helicopter to a hospital in South Bend with a head injury. The Lake Station man traveled close to 300 feet off the road before striking the tree.

 

So far, police have given no indications on whether alcohol or drugs might have been involved.

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