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One Injured In Alleged Wrong Way Driver Crash On Highway 97 In Walnut Hill
November 29, 2022
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One person received minor injuries in a wreck involving two vehicles on Highway 97 in Walnut Hill Monday night.
Witnesses said a pickup truck was traveling in the wrong lane of Highway 97 near Wiggins Lake Road, just north of Walnut Hill Fire Station, about 6:47 p.m.
An oncoming driver reportedly swerved out of the way to avoid a head-on collision, and his pickup truck struck a guardrail. The driver was not injured.
The alleged wrong-way pickup truck came to rest about 1,000 feet away in a ditch after also apparently hitting a guardrail. The driver of the truck was transported by Escambia County EMS to Jay Hospital for treatment.
The Florida Highway Patrol is investigating the crash, which completely closed Highway 97 and backed up traffic for over half a mile.
The Walnut Hill and McDavid stations of Escambia County Fire Rescue and the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office also responded.
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7 Responses to “One Injured In Alleged Wrong Way Driver Crash On Highway 97 In Walnut Hill”
I know that the country deputies are up there to some extent, but then again Imy wife and I only travel 97 twice a week. But perhaps if there was an unmarked car or two to really crack down, that may help. There again all drivers have to assume their own personal responsibility for their own actions.
Marlene, not sure Barry can do much about the lack of personal responsibility.
Strange, it happened to me just a couple weeks ago in that same area, right on top of the hill by the pump station… 2am, a Chevy truck swerved into my lane and I had to hit the ditch to keep from having a head-on.
A driver ran me completely off the road Monday morning on 97 around 0530. He/she was passing another vehicle in the fog. I realized they were in my lane and got completely off the road at the last minute. Would have likely killed us both.
I’m not a expert but sounds like the person driving in the wrong lane is either impaired by some type of substance or just simply don’t know how to drive !!! This person probably needs to have a new evaluation of his or hers drivers license!!! Reason being because they almost killed a bunch of people!!!!!
This is happening way too much up here in the Northend, please call your county Commisioner Steven Barry and ask why something hasn’t been done to stop the nascar driving up here.
The truck traveling south in the north bound lane ran us off the road at top of Wiggins lake hill on the north side. They also ran the two cars in front of us off the road a Volkswagen and something else. I am thankful my husband did not loose control going into the grass the way we did. God was looking out for us. I would like to know why they were traveling south in the north bound lane. I’m thankful they did not kill anyone.