Authorities in Door County are trying to determine how a motorist ended up near the top of the east arm of the Maple-Oregon Bridge in Sturgeon Bay after the arms of the bridge were lifted to a 45 degree angle. Photographs of a car sitting precariously in a downward position over the bay were circulating via email Friday while authorities attempted to locate the woman who was driving of the vehicle. Credit: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — Firefighters had to rescue a man after his minivan became wedged in a drawbridge in downtown Green Bay.

Officials say the van got stuck between one of the opening spans and the fixed roadway on the Walnut Street Bridge early Thursday.

The Green Bay Metro Fire Department says the driver went around the traffic arm and apparently drove onto the opening span, then coasted back into the gap. Firefighters worried the van could fall through the opening, so they cut a hole in the van’s roof and pulled the man through the hole. Video shows a heavy duty wrecker lifting the van out of the gap.

The man was not hurt. Officials say the bridge was not damaged.

(Photo: The Inquisitr)