Elderly Woman Injured In Highway 97 Rollover Crash

June 26, 2014

An elderly woman was injured in a single vehicle accident on Highway 97 in Davisville about a mile south of the state line Thursday morning.

An 81-year old female lost control, left the roadway and flipped her vehicle upside down into heavy brush. It took firefighters about 20 minutes to cut the brush using chainsaws and extricate the woman from the vehicle.

She was transported by Atmore Ambulance to Atmore Community Hospital with   injuries that were were not considered life threatening.

The accident is under investigation by the Florida Highway Patrol; further details have not been released. The Walnut Hill Station of Escambia Fire Rescue and the Atmore Fire Department also responded to the crash.

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3 Responses to “Elderly Woman Injured In Highway 97 Rollover Crash”

  1. Cantonment Neighbor on June 27th, 2014 7:44 pm

    Glad she is OK. Nice job Fire and EMS

  2. Racheal B on June 27th, 2014 5:51 am

    I’m praying she is okay!!!

  3. Angi B. on June 26th, 2014 11:33 am

    Praying the woman is ok…