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One Person Injured In Early Morning Walnut Hill Accident
November 27, 2008
One person was injured in an single vehicle accident early Thanksgiving morning in Walnut Hill.
The accident occurred just after 12:00 a.m. Thursday on Highway 97 near the Walnut Hill Community Center. The driver of a Z28 Camaro lost control while traveling southbound on Highway 97. The vehicle left the roadway, hit several trees and a culvert before flipping around and landing nearly over on the driver’s side. The first people on the scene said the driver was trapped, but then crawled partial out of the vehicle.
The first firemen on the scene had to use a chainsaw to cut some of the brush away from the car to reach the driver. The unidentified man stated that he was from Pensacola.
The person that found the accident stated that the driver of the Camaro had passed him a bit further north on Highway 97 at “about 100 mph”.
The driver of the vehicle was transported by LifeFlight to a Pensacola hospital. His injures, which included a broken leg or hip, were not believed to be immediately life threatening.
The accident is under investigation by the Florida Highway Patrol.
Escambia Fire-Rescue units from Walnut Hill, Molino and Century responded to the call, along with Atmore Ambulance.
Pictured above: The driver of this Camaro lost control at a high rate of speed early Thursday morning in Walnut Hill. Pictured below: Emergency personnel work to reach the driver of the car. NorthEscambia.com photos, click to enlarge.
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