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Emergency crews use boat to rescue injured mountain biker

Posted at 12:09 pm October 17, 2016
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Emergency crews use a boat to rescue an injured mountain biker from Haw Ridge Park on Sunday, Oct. 16, 2016. (Submitted photo)

 

Emergency crews used a boat to rescue a mountain biker with a broken ankle in Haw Ridge Park on Sunday, authorities said.

The Oak Ridge Fire Department responded at 5:12 p.m. Sunday, October 16. Dispatchers had received a reported a man down on a Haw Ridge bike trail with a broken ankle.

The Oak Ridge 911 dispatchers were able to ping the caller’s cell phone and determine the approximate location of the accident, a press release said. They determined the biker was near the water on the southeast side of the trail.

Oak Ridge paramedics from Engine 3 and Rescue 1 began hiking to the incident while the rescue boat responded and was launched from Solway Park boat ramp. The ORFD boat located the patient within 25 minutes of the call, the press release said. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Front Page News, Oak Ridge, Police and Fire Tagged With: biking accident, Haw Ridge, Haw Ridge Park, mountain biker, Oak Ridge Fire Department, ORFD boat, rescue boat, Solway Park

Man taken to hospital, child not injured when truck, boat, trailer roll into water

Posted at 11:48 am November 27, 2015
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A man was taken to the hospital and a child was not injured when a pickup truck, boat, and trailer rolled backward into the Clinch River at Solway Park late Thursday afternoon, authorities said.

The man was pulling the boat out of the water when a young child inside the pickup truck knocked the vehicle out of gear, Oak Ridge Fire Department Battalion Chief David Harrington said. The truck and a boat and trailer that were attached rolled backward into the water at about 4:50 p.m. Thursday.

The man went into the water to get the child and was able to save the kid, who was not injured, but the man got cold from being in the water and was taken to the hospital for an evaluation, Harrington said. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Front Page News, Oak Ridge, Police and Fire, Top Stories Tagged With: boat, boat launch, Clinch River, David Harrington, Edgemoor Road, Oak Ridge Fire Department, Solway Park

ORFD uses boat, cell phone signals to rescue mountain bikers lost at Haw Ridge

Posted at 11:55 pm June 14, 2015
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Oak Ridge Fire Department and Haw Ridge Rescue

The Oak Ridge Fire Department used cell phone signals and a search crew in a boat to rescue three lost mountain bikers at Haw Ridge Park on Sunday night.

 

Note: This story was updated at 3:45 p.m. June 15.

The Oak Ridge Fire Department used cell phone signals and a search crew in a boat to rescue mountain bikers lost at Haw Ridge Park after dark on Sunday.

Dispatchers received a call that the three young men were lost at about 10 p.m. Sunday. Three firefighters launched a large rescue boat stored at East Tennessee Technology Park, the former K-25 site, by about 10:45 p.m. from a boat ramp at Solway Park, which is near Haw Ridge Park.

Oak Ridge Fire Chief Darryl Kerley said the three had stayed on the trails past sunset and became disoriented.

“Without flashlights, they were unable to find their way back to the parking lot, so they called 911 for assistance,” Kerley said. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Fire, Oak Ridge, Police and Fire, Slider, Top Stories Tagged With: Clinch River, Darryl Kerley, East Tennessee Technology Park, Edgemoor Road, Haw Ridge, Haw Ridge Park, K-25, mountain bikers, Oak Ridge Fire Department, Red Shore Trail, rescue boat, Solway Park

Man taken to hospital with facial cuts after head-on collision

Posted at 4:55 pm March 12, 2013
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Edgemoor Road Crash

A Harriman man driving this Kia Optima was taken to a hospital after a head-on, two-vehicle collision on Saturday morning on Edgemoor Road near Solway Park. (Photos by Tom Scott)

A Harriman man was taken to the hospital with cuts on his face and forehead after a head-on collision between two vehicles on Edgemoor Road Saturday morning.

Sergio Apolonio Cruz, 25, was taken by ambulance to the University of Tennessee Medical Center in Knoxville, an Oak Ridge Police Department crash report said.

The other driver, Mark Allen Mays, 33, of Knoxville, was not injured, the report said.

[Read more…]

Filed Under: Oak Ridge, Police and Fire, Top Stories Tagged With: Christopher Wallace, collision, crash, Edgemoor Road, Mark Allen Mays, Oak Ridge Police Department, ORPD, Sergio Apolonio Cruz, Solway Park, University of Tennessee Medical Center

Pickup pulled from park, one of half-dozen vehicles found in Clinch River

Posted at 1:10 pm August 21, 2012
By John Huotari 12 Comments

Melton Lake Park Pickup Truck

Authorities pull a Ford Ranger pickup truck from the Clinch River at Melton Lake Park on Tuesday morning, one of a half-dozen or so vehicles recently found in the water.

Authorities pulled a submerged pickup truck out of a cove used by rowers at Melton Lake Park on Tuesday morning, one of a half-dozen or so vehicles recently found in the Clinch River.

The pickup truck appeared to be a dark-colored mid-1980s Ford Ranger. It was coated in what appeared to be brown slime.

It wasn’t immediately clear what, if anything, was found inside.

Authorities have said little about the vehicles or the search for them, including how long the automobiles have been in the water, how they got there, or why officers are searching the Clinch River.

“We’ve got a pending investigation taking place, and we’re just not making any comment,” Oak Ridge Police Capt. Mike Uher said.

[Read more…]

Filed Under: Police and Fire Tagged With: Anderson County Sheriff's Department, bus, Capt. Mike Uher, Clinch River, dive team, Melton Lake Park, Solway Park, submerged pickup truck

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