| Rollover Injures One in Fort Oglethorpe FORT OGLETHORPE, GA – Tuesday, January 29, 2008 – At about 9:00 AM, Fort Oglethorpe Fire and Rescue was dispatched to the 1900 block of Pine Grove Road in reference to a motor vehicle crash with unknown injuries. Fort Oglethorpe Engine 1 and Battalion Chief Doug Flury responded. Chief Flury arrived and reported one vehicle off the roadway that appeared to have rolled over with the driver still inside. Shortly thereafter Chief Flury confirmed entrapment. When Engine 1 arrived on the scene they set up the hydraulic tools and removed the driver’s door of the Ford Mustang, allowing firefighters to remove the young male driver. Angel EMS then transported the patient to Erlanger Hospital with non life threatening injuries. It appears that the vehicle left the roadway, turned onto its side as it struck a tree and then went back down onto its wheels rather than roll over completely. The Mustang, which was painted the same colors as a Georgia State Patrol vehicle, had signs on the rear side windows stating “Get in, sit down, shut up and hold on” which was obviously appropriate in light of this accident. The Georgia State Patrol is investigating the accident. The Catoosa County Sheriff’s Department assisted on the scene. |