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Heroes of the Day: Officers, bystander rescue woman by flipping EVC van after crash

Posted at 12:18 pm May 12, 2015
By John Huotari 7 Comments

Cassen Garrison and Brandan Sharp at Emory Valley Center Van Crash

With help from a bystander and another officer, Oak Ridge Police Department officers Cassen Garrison, left, and Brandan Sharp lifted this white Emory Valley Center van off its passenger side after a Tuesday morning crash at Northwestern and North Purdue avenues in Woodland. A female passenger, who was reported to be partially pinned underneath the van, was flown to a hospital by a Lifestar medical helicopter.

 

Note: This story was last updated at 4:28 p.m.

Neighbors called them the heroes of the day. Three Oak Ridge Police Department officers and at least one bystander lifted an Emory Valley Center van off of a woman who was partially pinned underneath it after a crash in Woodland on Tuesday morning.

Witnesses said the right arm and shoulder of the female passenger were pinned underneath the passenger side of the van after the crash, which was reported at about 10 a.m. Tuesday at the intersection of Northwestern and North Purdue avenues.

The three officers were identified as Cassen Garrison, Brandan Sharp, and Sergeant Pete Nance. Garrison’s right arm was bandaged. Witnesses said he used his hands to break out a back window of the Chevrolet Express van and rescue a male EVC client in the back of the van.

The female passenger, who was partially ejected, was flown to a hospital by a University of Tennessee Lifestar medical helicopter after it landed at the nearby Oak Ridge City Center. Three others were also reportedly taken to the hospital.

Ed Taylor, who lives at the Manhattan Apartments, also helped lift the van. Witnesses said other neighbors helped as well. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Front Page News, Oak Ridge, Police, Police and Fire, Slider, Top Stories Tagged With: Alan Massengill, Brandan Sharp, Cassen Garrison, crash, Daniel Freytag, Ed Taylor, Emory Valley Center, EVC, Jennifer Fox, Kevin Craig, Lifestar, Matt Tedford, North Purdue, Northwestern, Oak Ridge Police Department, ORPD, Pete Nance, Renee Van Druff, Woodland

Van Druff, McGhee finish No. 4, No. 8 in state cross country meet

Posted at 10:18 am October 23, 2014
By John Huotari Leave a Comment

Jordan Van Druff

Jordan Van Druff, an eighth-grade student at Jefferson Middle School in Oak Ridge, finished fourth in a state cross country meet in Knoxville on Saturday. (Photo by Nicholas Rhodes)

 

KNOXVILLE—It wasn’t the result that Jordan Van Druff wanted.

He trained diligently at the beginning of the season for this state cross country meet, hoping to finish first. Van Druff also put in extra miles, running up to 25 to 30 miles per week at his peak.

On Saturday, the eighth-grader at Jefferson Middle School led all runners near the one-mile mark in a two-mile boys race during the Tennessee Middle School State Cross Country Championships at Victor Ashe Park in Knoxville. But then, one by one, three runners passed him.

“I didn’t get what I wanted,” said Van Druff, who was undefeated in all of Jefferson’s regular season races during his three-year middle school career. “I wanted to finish first.”

Still, it was an improvement from his fifth-place finish last year and a sixth-place finish the year before, said his mother, Reneé Van Druff.

Van Druff, who finished with a two-mile time of 11:42.55, was one of two Oak Ridge runners who made All State during the state cross country championships on Saturday. The other was Faith McGhee, a fourth-grade student at Woodland Elementary School. She finished eighth in the one-mile girls race during the Tennessee Elementary School State Cross Country Championships. McGhee had a time of 6:19.50. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Cross Country, Elementary School, Middle School, Slider, Sports, Sports, Top Stories Tagged With: All State, championships, cross country, Dalton Morgan, Darbey Marczak, Davis Bove, Faith McGhee, Farah McGhee, Harper Russell, Jeb Jones, Jefferson Middle School, Jordan Van Druff, Josie Fellers, Mark Van Druff, Muskaan Vohra, Nicholas Rhodes, Niki Narayani, Oak Ridge High School, races, Renee Van Druff, Robertsville Middle School, runners, Sam Roberts, Sasha Neglia, Shellie Fellers, Silas Winders, Tennessee Elementary School State Cross Country Championships, Tennessee Middle School State Cross Country Championships, Victor Ashe Park, Woodland Elementary School, Zoe Marczak

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