Firefighter Scott Frederick works to remove the guard rail that went through a car in a crash early Sunday morning along I-79. The driver reportedly had only minor injuries.Scott Garing/submitted photo

JACKSON TWP — Emergency responders were called to Interstate 79 early Sunday morning where a car crashed through a guard rail. The driver, a man, was out of the vehicle when firefighters arrived. The wreck was reported at 4:40 a.m. in the northbound lanes near the Zelienople exit. The guard rail had passed all the way through the Dodge two-door sedan just behind the driver’s seat.

“It was skewered,” said Scott Garing, Harmony Fire Chief.

The driver was transported to a nearby hospital with only minor injuries, Garing said.

Firefighters used a saw to cut the guard rail so that the vehicle could be towed away.

State police were called to investigate the crash and Jackson Township police assisted at the scene.