Two Injured In Friday Night Crash On Highway 97

August 12, 2011

Two people were injured in a three vehicle crash on Highway 97 south of Tungoil Road Friday night.

According to witnesses, an elderly male driving a van apparently collided with a pickup and another van just after 9 p.m. He was not injured.

The pickup flipped at least once, hitting a tree and landing off roadway. A female passenger in the pickup was transported by ambulance to West Florida Hospital in Pensacola. The driver of the pickup was not injured.

The driver of the second van was transported by ambulance to Atmore Community Hospital. None of the injuries were believed to be life threatening.

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Further details were not available Friday night; the accident remains under investigation by the Florida Highway Patrol. The Walnut Hill Station of Escambia Fire Rescue and Atmore Ambulance also responded to the call.

Pictured top: A passenger in this pickup was transported to a Pensacola hospital by ambulance following a crash on Highway 97 south of Walnut Hill Friday night. Pictured below : The driver of this van was not injured. NorthEscambia.com photos, click to enlarge.

Comments

11 Responses to “Two Injured In Friday Night Crash On Highway 97”

  1. David Huie Green on August 15th, 2011 10:53 am

    good job, bratt

  2. 429SCJ on August 15th, 2011 8:29 am

    I average about 45mph on 97. I see people blowing by me on hills and blind curves. This road has more driveways and traffic than it did thirty years ago. There is strong agricultural activity, i.e. harvesters, tractors ect. Slow down or take it to I-10. Why would anyone be in a hurry to get to Atmore?

  3. bratt on August 14th, 2011 3:28 pm

    Lady I thank David was being sarcastic…..that’s tha way I took it anyways

  4. Lady on August 14th, 2011 11:46 am

    I can’t believe David said this. No one want to be in a collision but sometimes it cannot be helped. Come on, this is a terrible statement; we all try to be safe when driving but sometimes people take risks when they get in a hurry and this should not happen. A few minutes late isn’t worth someone losing their life or being injured.

  5. Drive Carefully on August 13th, 2011 11:12 pm

    Almost was a witness to a wreck tonight. A car passed my family and me tonight down a hill/around a curve. Plus, a car was coming in the other direction and did not see them until they came around the curve. Praise God, a wreck did not happen because it would have been bad. People…don’t pass on double lines, around curves, down hills, when another car is approaching and do not drive too fast…some of us are thankful that God wakes us up in the morning!

  6. EMD on August 13th, 2011 8:14 pm

    AH. David H G,

    I think this is the second time I have agreed with you. :)

  7. I agree on August 13th, 2011 1:33 pm

    with Molino Jim, and also it could be the speeds they do on 97. To many
    people still going 80 mph and passing over the double lines, still angry
    that some of us like to go the speed limit and we are just in their way.

  8. molino jim on August 13th, 2011 8:12 am

    TAKE HIS LIC. There was a recent study that showed older drivers were safer than young driver. There have been a number of crashes at 97 and Tung Oil—could part of the problem be the way the road is banked so you tend to drift over the center line?

  9. Oversight on August 13th, 2011 6:09 am

    There seem to be a lot of traffic crashes at or near Hwy 97 and Tungoil… Maybe the state should install a red light, NOT!

  10. David Huie Green on August 12th, 2011 11:48 pm

    REGARDING:
    ” take his license.”

    actually a good idea, take away the license of reveryone involved in a collision. Pretty soon the roads will be far less crowded.

    David for assuming guilt without information

  11. sambo on August 12th, 2011 10:50 pm

    Please Mr. State Trooper take his license.

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