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Man trapped in car after hitting tree
Posted: 02.05.2013 at 10:59 PM
Jacquie Adams
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SYRACUSE -- A man was trapped in his car Tuesday night for about 30 minutes after hitting a tree and sliding down an embankment on the 3400 block of East Genesee Street.

Syracuse police say it happened around 9:30 p.m.

The driver was trapped until firefighters arrived to get him out of the car. Police say he was taken to Upstate Hospital with non-life threatening injuries.

The cause of the crash is still under investigation.

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