The Oak Ridge man injured in a rollover accident on South Illinois Avenue has been discharged from the University of Tennessee Medical Center, a spokesperson said Wednesday.
Montgomery Lloyd Samu-Dodson, 21, of Nevada Circle was flown by Lifestar helicopter to the hospital after the 9 p.m. Monday wreck at the Bethel Valley Road overpass.
Samu-Dodson was trapped inside his 1995 Jeep Cherokee when the Oak Ridge Fire Department arrived, and firefighters had to remove the vehicle’s roof, windshield, remaining side windows, and driver’s side doors.
Two witnesses told police that Samu-Dodson passed them at high speed and changed lanes before drifting off South Illinois Avenue, striking a cement bridge rail at Bethel Valley Road, and traveling a total of about 100 feet through the air, according to an Oak Ridge Police Department accident report.
Citing federal medical privacy laws, hospital officials generally cannot provide much information about patients’ conditions, and UT Medical Center Marketing Manager Susan Wyatt said she could not say when Samu-Dodson was released.
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