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PLEASANT PRAIRIE — A Kenosha man was airlifted to a Milwaukee-area hospital after a multiple-vehicle crash that left him trapped in a vehicle in a marsh.

The crash occurred at 6:11 p.m. in the 8100 block of Bain Station Road when a 17-year-old Kenosha girl driving west over the railroad tracks at speeds reaching 65 to 70 mph went airborne, lost control of her vehicle and crashed head-on into an eastbound minivan, according to Lt. Paul Marik of the Pleasant Prairie Police Department.

The impact of the crash pushed the minivan onto its side and into a marsh, while the teen’s vehicle traveled sideways striking a third vehicle, he said.

The minivan was driven by the 43-year-old man, with his 11-year-old daughter as a passenger.

“They were knee deep in water. When they extricated the dad, they took the door off to get him out,” Marik said. “That did take quite some time.

“The daughter was able to get out fine, but due to his injuries it was more precarious to get him out without further injuring him.”

At least three tow trucks were called to pull the vehicle out of the marsh, he said.