An early evening crash on State Route 20 near Freeport resulted in one man’s emergency evacuation via helicopter.
Walton County Sheriff’s Deputies, Walton Fire Rescue and Florida Highway Patrol responded to the intersection of State Route 20 and Eglin Air Force Base Site C-6 Road to attempt the rescue of a man whose dark grey or black Dodge Ram 1500 jumped the guardrail at the curve across from the Dollar General west of Freeport and landed upside down.
Fire crews gathered to free the man from the crash as a medivac helicopter landed at the Anchor Church parking lot just to the north of the crash.
A spokesperson for the Walton County Sheriff’s Office says the driver swerved from one lane to another on the highway, overcorrected and rolled over numerous times before striking a tree.
The Florida Highway Patrol has taken over the investigation.
