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Updated: Nine students injured when Roane County school bus rolls off road

Posted at 7:50 pm October 21, 2015
By John Huotari 3 Comments

Roane County School Bus Crash Workers Oct. 21, 2015

Nine students were injured after a Roane County school bus went off the right side of the road and rolled on its side down a steep embankment on a curvy, country road southwest of Oliver Springs on Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2015. (Photo by John Huotari/Oak Ridge Today)

 

Note: This story was last updated at 4 p.m. Oct. 22.

ROANE COUNTY—Nine students were injured after a Roane County school bus dropped off the right side of Mahoney Road and rolled onto its right side down a steep embankment on a curvy, country road southwest of Oliver Springs on Wednesday afternoon.

Two middle school students were taken to Methodist Medical Center of Oak Ridge by ambulance, and a third student, possibly also a middle school student, was transported by a parent, said Gary Aytes, Roane County Schools superintendent. The injuries were not life-threatening, Aytes said. He said one student might have a broken arm, and the others had cuts and abrasions.

Thursday update: The Tennessee Highway Patrol later reported that nine students were taken to Methodist Medical Center in Oak Ridge. Two were transported by ambulance, and the other seven were taken in private vehicles.

The crash was reported in the 600 block of Mahoney Road, just west of Johnson Road, at about 3:50 p.m. Wednesday. There were 22 children on the bus from Oliver Springs High School, Oliver Springs Middle School, and Dyllis Springs Elementary School in Roane County. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Blair, Education, Education, Front Page News, K-12, Oliver Springs, Police and Fire, Roane County, Slider, Tennessee, Top Stories Tagged With: crash, Dyllis Springs Elementary School, Gary Aytes, Gary Snow, Mahoney Road, Oliver Springs High School, Oliver Springs Middle School, Roane County, Roane County Office of Emergency Services, Roane County schools, Sam Davis, school bus crash, Scott Stout, Tennessee Highway Patrol, THP

ORFD helps with Harriman trench rescue

Posted at 5:06 pm December 12, 2014
By John Huotari Leave a Comment

Harriman Trench Rescue

The Oak Ridge Fire Department, Knoxville Volunteer Rescue Squad, and UT Lifestar were among the agencies that responded to a Friday afternoon trench collapse in Harriman. At right front is Oak Ridge Fire Department Chief Darryl Kerley. At center with his back to the camera is a Knoxville Volunteer Rescue Squad physician, and a UT Lifestar crew member is in the trench.

 

MIDTOWN—Rescuers from the Oak Ridge Fire Department were among the dozens who responded to a trench collapse in Midtown that trapped a sewer line installer in dirt up to his mid-chest for about four hours Friday afternoon.

The worker was estimated to be about 20 years old, and he had been helping to install a new Roane County sewer line next to Moses Road south of Interstate 40 and west of Kingston when a trench estimated to be about eight to 10 feet deep collapsed at about noon Friday. The worker, who wasn’t immediately identified, is employed by Danson Construction of Sparta, Tennessee. He was rescued at about 4 p.m. Friday, taken to a helipad in Midtown, and then flown by medical helicopter to the University of Tennessee Medical Center, said Scott Stout, deputy director of the Roane County Office of Emergency Services and Homeland Security. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Fire, Knoxville, Oak Ridge, Police and Fire, Roane County, Slider, Top Stories Tagged With: Danson Construction, Kingston Fire and Rescue, Knoxville Volunteer Rescue Squad, Midtown, Moses Road, Oak Ridge Fire Department, Roane County, Roane County Office of Emergency Services and Homeland Security, Roane County Rescue Squad, Scott Stout, trench collapse, University of Tennessee Medical Center, UT Lifestar

DOE appoints seven new members to advisory board

Posted at 2:16 pm July 26, 2012
By John Huotari Leave a Comment

The U.S. Department of Energy recently appointed seven new members to its Oak Ridge Environmental Management advisory board.

The new members fill vacancies on the Oak Ridge Site Specific Advisory Board, a volunteer citizens’ panel that provides advice and recommendations to DOE on its environmental cleanup operations on the Oak Ridge Reservation.

The new members include Alfreda Cook, Chris Hepler, Bruce Hicks, Jennifer Kasten, Jan Lyons, Donald Mei, and Scott Stout, a press release said.

[Read more…]

Filed Under: U.S. Department of Energy Tagged With: Alfreda Cook, Bruce Hicks, Chris Hepler, Donald Mei, Jan Lyons, Jennifer Kasten, Oak Ridge Site Specific Advisory Board, Scott Stout, U.S. Department of Energy

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