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Trees fall, roads flood, driver escapes floodwaters as rains continue

Posted at 7:16 pm April 23, 2017
By John Huotari 2 Comments

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The driver was reported to have made it out of floodwaters before emergency responders arrived on Saturday afternoon, April 22, 2017, but her black Nissan Altima remained partially submerged on Airport Road near Oliver Springs on Sunday. (Photo by John Huotari/Oak Ridge Today)

 

Note: This story was last updated at 8 p.m.

Roads flooded and trees fell—sometimes on homes, power lines, and roads—as rain continued to fall in East Tennessee on Sunday. One driver was reported to have escaped from her car in floodwaters on Airport Road near Oliver Springs on Saturday afternoon, but the black Nissan Altima remained partially submerged in the water on Sunday.

There appeared to have been at least 10 reports of fallen trees in Oak Ridge during the severe thunderstorms that started Saturday afternoon and continued with rain showers on Sunday. Most of those trees were reported to have fallen on homes, power lines, across roadways, or on personal property such as an automobile. There were five reports of fallen trees between about 3 and 4:30 p.m. Sunday, including a tree that fell across both lanes of Melton Lake Drive near Calhoun’s restaurant, causing a temporary closure of that two-lane road.

There were more reports of trees that had fallen but not damaged anything.

Large trees are falling due to excess rain, the City of Oak Ridge said Sunday. Electric crews have been out all night, and backup is on the way, the city said, but it may be tomorrow (Monday, April 24) before all power is back.

At various times on Sunday, there were reports of flooding or flood watches across Oak Ridge, including on Vermont Avenue, near Heritage Center (the former K-25 site), on California Avenue, and at Jefferson Avenue and North Jefferson Circle.

There were also reports of trees down and road closures in Clinton. Briceville Highway was reported to be closed in Briceveille due to sinking pavement on Sunday afternoon. Earlier Sunday, State Route 71 in Anderson County was closed for several hours at Norris Dam State Park because trees were blocking the road, according to the Tennessee Department of Transportation.

Some school districts have announced they will be closed Monday. Roane County Schools said it will be closed due to “concerning road conditions throughout the county.” Anderson County Schools said it will be closed because of dangerous conditions with flooded roads and trees being down.

The National Weather Service in Morristown said a record for daily rainfall was set at Knoxville Mcghee Tyson Airport on Sunday. The NWS said 1.89 inches had fallen as of 5 p.m. Sunday, breaking the old record of 1.63 inches in 1977.

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Filed Under: Anderson County, Norris, Oak Ridge, Oliver Springs, Police and Fire, Police and Fire, Slider, Weather Tagged With: Airport Road, Anderson County Schools, Briceville Highway, City of Oak Ridge, Clinton Highway, Clinton Utilities Board, Darryl Kerley, Darwin "T.C." Davis Sports Complex, East Tennessee, fallen trees, flooding, floodwater, Kenneth Morgan, Lookout Avenue, Midway Drive, National Weather Service, Nicholas Jones, Oak Ridge, Oak Ridge Fire Department, Oliver Springs, Oliver Springs High School, Oliver Springs Police Department, rain, road closures, Roane County schools, Sarah Carrie Hunter, State Route 71, Tennessee Department of Transportation, Windrock Road

Man injured, facing charges after pursuit ends with crash into power pole

Posted at 8:35 pm March 13, 2016
By John Huotari Leave a Comment

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A 32-year-old man was injured and is facing a half-dozen charges after he allegedly went off State Route 62 in a pickup truck while fleeing from Morgan County officials early Sunday, struck a utility pole and broke it in half, and then traveled down an embankment and rolled over in a ditch, authorities said. (Photo by Tom Scott)

 

Note: This story was updated at 8:50 p.m.

OLIVER SPRINGS—A 32-year-old man was injured and is facing a half-dozen charges after he allegedly went off State Route 62 in a pickup truck while fleeing from Morgan County officials early Sunday, struck a utility pole and broke it in half, and then traveled down an embankment, where the vehicle he was driving rolled over onto its top in a ditch, authorities said.

Travis Lyles, 32, of Oliver Springs, was driving east on SR 62 in a 2004 Ford F-250 when his pickup truck went off the westbound side of the road at about 12:35 a.m. Sunday, the Tennessee Highway Patrol said. The crash occurred while Lyles was evading arrest and being pursued by the Morgan County Sheriff’s Office, which was trying to stop him for speeding and swerving on the roadway, the THP said.

The crash occurred in the Morgan County portion of Oliver Springs on Winter Gap Road near Lookout Avenue. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Anderson County, Front Page News, Morgan County, Oak Ridge, Oliver Springs, Police and Fire, Tennessee, Top Stories, UT Lifestar Tagged With: crash, Lookout Avenue, Morgan County, Oliver Springs, SR 62, State Route 62, Tennessee Highway Patrol, THP, Tom Scott, Travis Lyles, Winter Gap Road

Since Saturday, three crashes in Oliver Springs area required Lifestar response

Posted at 5:28 pm June 2, 2014
By John Huotari Leave a Comment

Oliver Springs Crash Tri County Boulevard

An Oneida woman driving the car above was flown to the University of Tennessee Medical Center in Knoxville after a collision with a truck on Tri County Boulevard in Oliver Springs on Monday afternoon. (Photo by Oliver Springs Police Department/Kenneth Morgan)

For the third time since about noon Saturday, a Lifestar medical helicopter on Monday afternoon picked up a patient injured in a car crash in Oliver Springs.

The 1 p.m. Monday crash involved an Old Dominion truck driven by Steven Mayfield and a car driven by Lyndsay Phillips of Oneida. The truck was turning from eastbound Tri County Boulevard onto Knoxville Highway, or State Highway 62, headed toward Morgan County, Oliver Springs Police Chief Kenneth Morgan said. He said the car was traveling west toward Harriman on the Boulevard.

Phillips was flown to the University of Tennessee Medical Center by Lifestar, Morgan said. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Anderson County, Oak Ridge, Oliver Springs, Police and Fire, Police and Fire, Roane County, Slider, Tennessee, Top Stories Tagged With: Anderson County Emergency Medical Services, Anderson County EMS, Blair Fire Department, crash, John E. Manis Jr., Kelleytown Baptist Church, Kenneth Morgan, Knoxville Highway, Lifestar, Lookout Avenue, Lyndsay Phillips, Morgan County, Morgan County Rescue Squad, Oak Ridge Fire Department, Oliver Springs, Oliver Springs Fire Department, Oliver Springs Police Department, ORFD, Roane County, Roane County Sheriff's Department, State Highway 61, State Highway 62, Steven Mayfield, Tennessee Highway Patrol, Tom Scott, Travis Swint, Tri-County Boulevard, University of Tennessee Medical Center, UT Hospital

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