Car Flips After Going Down Embankment


A car bumper is the only indication a vehicle ended up overturned in the woods
early Thursday morning at the intersection of Highway 27 west and Howards Creek School Road.
Photo By Jon Mayhew/The Carolina Scoop

July 17, 2008

By Jon Mayhew
Publisher

HOWARDS CREEK -- A driver with two children inside the car loses control early Thursday morning and ends up down an embankment.

Around 12:33a.m. authorities responded to the intersection of Hwy 27 West and Howards Creek School Rd. The car flipped over while going down the embankment.

Firefighters said when they arrived the two children were still inside the vehicle. They also say the driver nearly struck a fire hydrant after running off the road on Hwy 27.

NCHP troop J.M. Futrell said alcohol was not a factor in the accident. The four occupants were transported to Carolinas Medical Center - Lincoln with non-life threatening injuries. Investigation by NCHP continues.