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Atmore Woman Injured In Early Morning Hwy 97 Crash (With Photo Gallery)
September 28, 2011
An Atmore woman was injured in a single vehicle crash early Wednesday morning on Highway 97 in Walnut Hill.
According to the Florida Highway Patrol, 27-year old Katherine S. Lee was northbound on Highway 97 south of North Highway 99 when she lost control about 1:45 a.m., ran off the road and struck a concrete culvert with her 2001 Ford Mustang.
Firefighters were forced to use the Jaws of Life to free Lee from her vehicle. Lee was airlifted by LifeFlight to Sacred Heart Hospital in Pensacola.
Lee was listed in fair condition Wednesday afternoon at Sacred Heart. She was charged with careless driving by the FHP.
The Walnut Hill Station of Escambia Fire Rescue and Atmore Ambulance also responded to the accident.
For a photo gallery from the scene, click here.
Pictured: An Atmore woman was seriously injured in this single vehicle accident early Wednesday morning on Highway 97 in Walnut Hil. NorthEscambia.com photos, click to enlarge.
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20 Responses to “Atmore Woman Injured In Early Morning Hwy 97 Crash (With Photo Gallery)”
Just Thankful the young lady is okay!………
She works 2nd shift near Pcola. She had a late night and a long drive back home. I’m sure most of us have been there before. I’m not making any excuses for Katie. Yes, she should be more careful in the future and thank GOD she is alive and no one else was injured. Hope you have a speedy recovery.
REGARDING:
“we was going 60 and 4 cars and a motorcycle passed us”
Have they raised the speed limit on 97 to 60?
abrykin on September 28th, 2011 11:11 am Just noticed what her tag number is.Either she was really speeding or ford mustangs are not well put together.She can be thankful to be alive
“JUST A FORD”
On Saturday My son and I was on this road going to Atmore and we was going 60 and 4 cars and a motorcycle passed us.went had been on 97 for maybe 4 miles,,, My 15 said so Mom that is why they have wrecks ALL the time on this road,,, So yes that is a good reason,,,
We dotn’t expect you to be looking for car seats. Just remember that there may be a little one in a car. If you don’t care about yourself that’s fine but how about taking a moment to think about the life of the person in the other car that is doing the right thing and does not have a clue that you are the next wanna be race car driver on a mission. If you can’t drive the horse maybe you should get a pinto or yugo.
I agree w/ pm. People have no respect for the rules of the road & could care less if you have a precious baby in your car. We def. need some patroling out here and harsher punishment for people texting & talking on cell phones while driving!!!
“can’t see the car seats with babies in them ”
While driving, I’m not really looking for car seats.
The only way this carnage will stop will be stepped up enforcement of the law.
Autos are suppose to breakup upon impact. If not, the person(s) inside will so from the energy.
Question: What’s goiing on on the North end? Well the answer is this. Too many people out this way have no respect for themselves or other drivers. I hope this young lady is ok and makes a full recovery. However, she was charged with careless driving so that tells us something about the way she was driving. When we visit with our kids that live out that way we are almost always passed by one or two cars on double yellow lines. Guess that is because we are driving the speed limit and watching out for other drivers, a random deer, or other distractions that could cause an accident. It seems to me like the ESO or Highway Patrol have forgotten that Hwy. 97 even exists. DOT is never around to monitor the log trucks, gravel trucks, etc. that drive that Highway and just have to ride tailgate the vehicle in front of them so they can make their quota for the day. Why don’t you people wake up and understand that you can’t see the car seats with babies in them or just get up a little earlier to make it to work in time. Hwy. 97 is a dangerous road and speed and arrogance of some of the drivers out that way are the enemy. Mr. Morgan may I suggest you do your job and put your deputies to work out there for a while. Again i wish this young lady a complete recovery and hope she learned something from it. Just wish the rest of the irresponsible people that drive out there could learn the same thing without killing others or themselves.
Just noticed what her tag number is.Either she was really speeding or ford mustangs are not well put together.She can be thankful to be alive.
How many times has this happened before….seems to be a lot of this on HWY 97 over the last year or so….must be an old indian graveyard in the area….your thoughts ? Hope all turns out well for the young lady
People fly on this road. I typically go around 60 MPH while traveling down HWY 97 and people pass me like I’m standing still. I, mainly, only travel this road during hunting season but I’ve never once seen a speed trap.
WWWWOOOOOOWWWWWW!!!!!!!!!!1
Its nothing new to see all these wrecks and such. they have been going on for years. its only now that we actually have a media that gets us all the details without having to hear about it at the barber shop.
A careless moment behind the wheel can have terrible consequences, never take the road for granted. Please people, DRIVE LIKE YOUR LIVES DEPEND ON IT, because they do. Prayers sent for the recovery of 27-year old Katherine S. Lee and her family.
Will be praying for this young lady, hope she will be alright…
SLOW DOWN !!!!!!!!
How many times has this happened before….seems to be a lot of this on HWY 97 over the last year or so….must be an old indian graveyard in the area….your thoughts ? Hope all turns out well for the young lady
whats going on on the North end?
Seems a lot of folks are having a hard time keeping there Cars in the road and not in a ditch these days!
Wow thats awful..hope she’s going to be ok.