A trapped driver is rescued Wednesday after a tree fell on his car while he was driving on Dinnerbell Road. The man was taken by ambulance to Butler Memorial Hospital for evaluation.

A man was sent to the hospital after a tree fell on his car as he was driving Wednesday.

“It must have been a dead tree,” said 1st Asst. Chief Mike Barnes of Saxonburg Volunteer Fire Co.

Barnes said the driver, an unidentified man, was traveling west on Dinnerbell Road and the tree fell atop the car as he passed it along the road.

The impact stopped the brown Ford Taurus and trapped the man inside.

Barnes said firefighters were at the scene within about five to six minutes after the incident, and it took another five minutes to free the man from the crushed car.

“We had to take the windshield out and pop the door to get him out of the vehicle,” Barnes said, “(after which), he climbed out on his own.”

He said the patient appeared “fine” aside from some cuts and bruises, but he was taken by Saxonburg Ambulance to Butler Memorial Hospital for evaluation.

Firefighters directed traffic for about an hour while another team worked to free the man and clean up the scene. State police were also at the scene of the accident.