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Pickup Overturns On Highway 97 Early Friday Morning
April 29, 2022
There were no serious injuries when a pickup truck rolled over on Highway 97 in Walnut Hill early Friday morning.
The driver lost control about 12:10 a.m. and his pickup truck overturned, coming to rest upright in the southbound lane of Highway 97 just south of Arthur Brown Road. The wreckage and debris from the truck’s cargo block southbound Highway 97.
There were no other vehicles involved.
The Florida Highway Patrol is investigating. The Walnut Hill Station of Escambia County Fire Rescue and Escambia County EMS also responded.
The crash was about one mile south of another single vehicle rollover crash Thursday afternoon on Highway 97.
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9 Responses to “Pickup Overturns On Highway 97 Early Friday Morning”
Nothing wrong with that road period.. Most of us have used it safely all our lives… The problem lies with the drivers. Hope the driver is ok
No amount of safety measures can be put into use if people insist on not paying attention and driving like their and other people’s lives depend on it. I just hope that everyone is getting their texts sent off before they crash. It’s entirely possible to not be able to send that all-important text after a rollover like these that are so common lately.
You’re doing the speed limit on Atmore Highway and people tail gate, on a cell phone, and motion for you to go faster. They cross in areas they shouldn’t be passing. However, it is never their fault if they are involved in an accident.
Be safe.
And again…..something really needs to be done about that road……I try not to even travel it anymore so sad
Very glad that the driver is ok. Hwy 97 should have its on website! There would be enough news on accidents to fill one up. I’m so fearful each time that I have to drive this road to the cemetery where by Mom is buried that I feel sure I will be joining her there. Truly sorry for all those have died on this road and all that have been injured. I have read all the arguments each time there is a wreck. Those who blame the road and those who blame the drivers. It seems like it comes down to the basic principle of the seatbelt law, we wouldn’t need one if we would buckle up on our own. It seems like the same principle would apply for roads with high rates of accidents, more safety
measures are obviously needed if we aren’t going to drive safely on our own. Also as a side note having recently had a teenager and other family get their driver’s license in Escambia county fl, it has become waaaaaayyyy to easy to pass a drivers test. There is barely a real skills test anymore. They have gone to very easy multiple choice questions and then sometimes driving only once around the block in a quiet neighborhood. Something needs to change. It would be great if done similar to a pilots license, log so many hrs driving with an experienced driver. Also drivers Ed is not mandatory anymore. I learned a lot in drivers ed many …many yrs ago. Thank you Coach Mosby.
So glad to hear that no one was seriously injured.
Another one bites the dust..
Glad the driver was not seriously injured and that no innocent people were injured or killed.
Sounds like the routine wreck on Highway 97 caused by speeding and careless driving.
Glad no one was hurt thank God