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One Critically Injured In Jacks Branch Road Wreck
March 25, 2013
One person was critically injured in a two vehicle wreck late Sunday afternoon near Cantonment.
The accident happened just before 6 p.m. in a sharp curve on Jacks Branch Road between the two entrances to Green Tree Circle. Two cars collided and came to rest in a concrete ditch. The female driver of one vehicle was transported to a Pensacola hospital with critical injuries; the driver of a Honda Civic was uninjured.
The accident remains under investigation by the Florida Highway Patrol. Names and further details a have not been released.
Pictured: One person was critically injured in this two vehicle crash late Sunday afternoon on Jacks Branch Road near Cantonment. NorthEscambia.com photos by Kristi Smith, click to enlarge.
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15 Responses to “One Critically Injured In Jacks Branch Road Wreck”
Amen to the speeders on this road. Those of us that drive the speed limit get cursed and passed while doing so. I too agree on a speed trap for a week or so, let them pay the extremely high ticket cost now days and I bet they slow down or find a different route.
Excuse me, but I do believe the article stated above states the accident was still under investigation… If speed was the issue, isn’t that usually stated in an article right off the bat. Why are most of these comments basing this accident on speed. I know for a fact several people who have been in accidents (one being my son who was hit by a drunk driver) and speed wasn’t the issue. Let’s face the facts and not speculate just because of an accident. People living in the area know that the ditch is pretty much the first place your going to go if you get in an accident on this road because ditches are all these roads are lined with and this is not a city maintained road, it’s a country road that is not lined with the proper roading and sidewalks as you let one tire get off the pavement and you could have a wreck without speed and without another vehicle being involved…
I have a business on Jack’s branch and drive the road every day. It’s not unusual to get into a pack of cars heading to work in the morning doing 75 and if you don’t keep up they tailgate you till they can pass you double yellow lines or not. Definately an unsafe mindset has developed for this particular stretch of highway. With the growing density of people there and all the families with small children living there we are growing closer and closer to having a major tragity.
This is a very dangerous road, I think the lanes are to small for two cars to travel side by side on, especially the bridge. The County Road Dept. should put reflectors in the center of the road for the whole length of this highway. Very dangerous highway, be careful driving on it.
I hope the everyone involved recovers completely.
I travel this road daily and have seen many bad wrecks over the years and have had a few scary moments myself with people crossing the line and speeding.
With summer coming up and the beautiful weather people will be headed to the river and I know for a fact there are too many drinking drivers up and down this road all summer long. I really wish we had more speed patrol on Jack’s Branch to better control it.
I drive this road twice a day 5 days a week and also on some Saturdays, I have been passed on double yellow lines on curves and hills by SPEED DEMONS who have no regard for speed limit signs or laws or your safety. Maybe a State Trooper could do a speed trap on a few days and charge these IDIOTS. It does not matter if daylite or dark these people will pass you anytime. Why don’t you just leave 5 min. earlier and save a life, it maybe yours you save.
Lets blame everyone but the one who caused the wreck. I drove that road for 18 years and never had an accident. Time to stop blaming county commisioners, red lights, and drive ways and accept the fact that bad drivers are the problem.
The bride and I we’re. Almost hit by two vehicles in the same spot in the am yesturday morning. The curve is a ongoing problem and needs to be corrected. Instead they r paving 9 mile from pine forest to university Blvd. Te is nothing wrong with it so lets fix it. But untilled we get a decent commissioner we will continue to watch friends and family’s have to deal with their families or maybe themselves being involved in a accident. In that curve. My heart and prayers are with her and her family.a very nice lady.
Sorry, my comment was supposed to say I don’t think anyone pulled out in front of anyone. The first part of my comment sounded rude
Prayers for the families involved!
No one pulled out in front of anyone. I was told that the Grand Marquis was coming from the North headed towards Muscogee and the Honda was headed the opposite way. The Grand Marquis driver drove off the shoulder and overcorrected and was snatched across the road into the path of the Honda.
@ Puddin
agree with bama boy, its more about speed, but also people need to look before pulling out into the road; there is plenty of line of sight on that curve to avoid accidents like this, there is no way to re-design the road to make it safer
I have had people pull out in front of me from driveways/roads along that curve and I was doing the speed limit, people just need to make sure they look before pulling out.
This impact was on the side of the grand marquis, not the rear end, so that means the car was probably already visible when they pulled out
Puddin the problem is not the curve it is SPEED.
I live on Jacks Branch and drove by the spot this morning. She hit the ditch so hard that it busted the concrete.
Praying that the lady will be alright…
Hope she will be ok.
That curve is terrible. I have family who lived right near there. I was sure, every time I heard about an accident that it was one of them. Every time I visited, that I would be hit pulling out.
I wonder if its possible to redesign the road there? Maybe close off that end of Green Tree, and also the end of Annie Bell, right there too.