SIDNEY – Fremont County sheriff's deputies were dispatched Thursday morning to a single-vehicle accident at the intersection of Knox Road and Grandview Road west of Sidney.

A 1998 Ford Explorer, driven by 71-year-old Darol Don Hankins of Sidney, was traveling eastbound.

A sheriff’s office press release says that for unknown reasons the Explorer left the roadway and entered a ravine on the south side. The SUV  came to rest about 100 feet below the roadway in dense trees, partially in the waterway.  The vehicle was not visible from the roadway.

Firefighters extracted Hankins and used a low angle rope rescue to extract him from the ravine.

Hankins was transported to the Shenandoah Medical Center with undisclosed injuries.

Sidney Fire and Rescue and Hamburg Fire and Rescue assisted the Fremont County Sheriff’s Office with the call.