(WJET/WFXP/YourErie.com)– One person was taken to a local hospital after a single-car rollover accident on State Highway 408 just after 5 p.m. Friday in Richmond Township.
According to Pennsylvania State Police Meadville, the driver of a Jeep Compass was travelling east on State Highway 408 when they drove off the road and into a ditch after taking their eyes off the roadway.
The driver travelled roughly 50 feet in the ditch before striking the embankment of a driveway and turned over on its passenger side window facing south.
The 82-year-old driver of the Jeep required help being extracted from the vehicle and was taken to a local hospital with what were believed to be non-life threatening injuries.
PSP was assisted on the scene by Townville VFD, Meadville Ambulance and Dusty’s Towing.