No one was injured when this 1997 Dodge van went down a steep embankment and rolled into a creek alongside State Route 62 on the north side of Oliver Springs in Morgan County on Thursday, Jan. 14, 2016. Above, workers prepare to pull the van out of the creek. (Photo by John Huotari/Oak Ridge Today)
OLIVER SPRINGS—No one was injured when a car went down a steep embankment and a van rolled into a creek alongside State Route 62 on the north side of Oliver Springs on Thursday, authorities said.
The two-vehicle collision was reported Thursday afternoon just inside Morgan County, headed toward Wartburg.
Neither driver had to be taken to the hospital, Oliver Springs Police Chief Kenneth Morgan said. The drivers were identified as Larry Oliver and William Byrge. One was driving a 1997 Dodge van, and the other was driving a 1999 Toyota car.
Morgan said the vehicles appeared to be going in opposite directions when one crossed the center line.
SR 62 was closed in both directions from some time around 2 p.m. until roughly 2:30 p.m. as rescuers helped one patient near the van.
The driver of the van was trapped when it landed on its driver’s side, and the Oliver Springs Fire Department had to help him out, Morgan said.
More information will be added as it becomes available.
A car went down this steep embankment but no one was hurt after a two-vehicle crash on SR 62 on the north side of Oliver Springs on Thursday, Jan. 14, 2016. The picture above was taken in front of a small business center that includes Jackson Funeral Services. The second vehicle, a van, is pictured above in the background, a few hundred feet up the road headed toward Wartburg. (Photo by John Huotari/Oak Ridge Today)
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