An Oak Ridge woman was taken to the hospital Monday morning after the minivan she was driving hit the ditch on State Route 95 and rolled over, an accident report said. KERNERSVILLE, N.C. — A crash on Salem Parkway (Highway 421) closed two of three available lanes. We apply expertise in advanced materials, supercomputing, neutrons, and nuclear science to national priorities in energy, security, and scientific discovery TOUCHDOWN: @NASAPersevere is on #Mars! The Howard family is looking at the bright side of things after a utility pole crashed into their home Saturday morning. Filed Under: Police and Fire Tagged With: accident, Avalesfernandez, Daniel J. Hendricks, Melton Lake Drive, Oak Ridge Turnpike, Robert L. Ensor, Posted at 1:12 am September 5, 2012By John Huotari 1 Comment, Oak Ridge firefighters respond to a car that crashed into the former Keeping Room on Rutgers Avenue early Monday morning. Bean, the first driver, was taken by ambulance to the UT hospital, and Gallaher was taken to a local hospital by a personal vehicle. A Clinton man flown to a Knoxville hospital by a medical helicopter after a Wednesday morning motorcycle accident was listed in stable condition Thursday afternoon, a spokeswoman said. Filed Under: Police and Fire, Top Stories Tagged With: accident, Alberta Farrer, Anthony Lay, Danny Bean, head-on collision, Oliver Springs Highway, Pat Smith, State Route 61, Tennessee Highway Patrol, Travis Gallaher, Posted at 5:41 pm November 2, 2012By John Huotari 2 Comments, Three people were taken to the University of Tennessee Medical Center after a three-car, head-on collision on Oliver Springs Highway on Thursday evening, and a fourth person was taken to a local hospital. The driver in the second wreck, Joshua Whaley, 25, of Florence, Ky., told police he had swerved to avoid a deer while driving westbound on Robertsville Road when his Ford Taurus struck a GMC Sonoma parked in on-street parking, an Oak Ridge Police Department report said. Director named for 'visionary' Oak Ridge Institute. News Sports Entertainment Lifestyle Opinion USA TODAY Obituaries Legals. SUBSCRIBE NOW. The initial investigation by State Police revealed that prior to the crash a 2012 Toyota Camry, driven by 65-year-old Johnny Ray Green, was traveling eastbound on I-20. More information will be added as it becomes available. Click the video player above to view an image from the crash scene. One trooper said he’s never seen a car destroyed to this degree. The injury happened while the Danville Utilities lineman was restoring power to a customer on Sugartree Church Road who had lost service last weekend. Bean was taken by ambulance to the UT hospital, and Gallaher was taken to a local hospital by a personal vehicle. Roger C. Thompson, 58, was not injured in the crash at about 12:20 a.m. Saturday just east of New York Avenue, an Oak Ridge Police Department report said. Oak Ridge National Laboratory (abbreviated as ORNL) is an American multiprogram science and technology national laboratory sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and administered, managed, and operated by UT–Battelle as a federally funded research and development center (FFRDC) under a contract with the DOE. The High Point Hardee’s fire started about 5:15 a.m. and... “If it wouldn’t have been for that pole and our daughter's playhouse... that probably could’ve come in and killed one of us." An Oak Ridge man told police he hit a rock while driving west on Outer Drive early Saturday morning, which affected his steering and caused his GMC Sierra pickup truck to veer into an unoccupied Hyundai sedan in an on-street parking space, an accident report said. News Local Education Crime State Politics. The Danville Utilities lineman who was injured Tuesday morning on Sugartree Church Road in Pittsylvania County is in stable condition at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem, N.C. He said he was turning left onto Highway 61 to head west as an eastbound vehicle pulling a trailer was turning into the Rocky Top parking lot, according to the report. Filed Under: Police and Fire, Top Stories Tagged With: accident, Lisa Marie Lewis, Oak Ridge Police Department, State Route 95, Posted at 12:46 pm September 21, 2012By John Huotari Leave a Comment, Oak Ridge emergency personnel respond to a three-vehicle accident on Tuesday morning at Oak Ridge Turnpike and Melton Lake Drive. A University of Tennessee Lifestar helicopter flies Clinton motorcyclist Kevin Eric Gross to UT Medical Center in Knoxville after a Wednesday morning accident on Highway 61. GREENSBORO, N.C. — Firefighters put out a fire at a Citgo in Greensboro. ... Oak Ridge fuel powering NASA Rover on Mars trek. The accident occurred at 5:53 p.m. Nov. 1 near Marlow Circle and Anderson Memorial Gardens on Oliver Springs Highway, which is also known as State Route 61. OAK RIDGE — Emergency crews are on the scene of a single-vehicle wreck on Oak Ridge Road. Johnnie Gary, 77, of Oak Ridge, died at the scene of the crash around 12:30 p.m. Tuesday. Oak Ridge (18-4) will play Clinton (9-12). Police said Woods was driving a 2009 Honda west on Interstate 40 around 10... HIGH POINT — A four-vehicle wreck downtown happened after the driver and passengers in one car passed out on drugs, part of a trend of accidents linked to overdoses. The injury occurred around 11 a.m. yesterday while restoring power to a customer who had lost service this weekend. Emergency responders from several local agencies responded. (Photo by Tom Scott). A Lake City man was killed Monday afternoon in a single-vehicle accident on Highway 116 in Briceville, according to WYSH Radio in Clinton. Hiroshima wasn’t the end of Oak Ridge. The crash happened on Jan. 31 at 10:04 p.m. at the intersection of Hanes Mall Boulevard and the ramp to I-40. The crash was reported around 6:20 a.m. on westbound Oak Ridge Road between John Young Parkway and Millenia Boulevard. The Danville Utilities lineman who was injured Tuesday morning is in stable condition at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, a release from the city said. Filed Under: Police and Fire Tagged With: accident, Clinton, Highway 61, medical helicopter, motorcyclist, University of Tennessee Lifestar, Posted at 4:17 pm July 31, 2012By John Huotari Leave a Comment. Oak Ridge(Based on 51 reports) 6.3 mins. 🔴 Learn about the tech from ORNL that's helping make this mission possible. (Photo by Tom Scott). According to a release from the Oak Ridge Fire Department, crews responded to a reported fire on the 100 block of Jellico Lane around 1:46 p.m. Saturday. Post more details Hazard. Filed Under: Police and Fire Tagged With: accident, Carl David O'Neal, Clinton, Highway 61, Kevin Eric Gross, motorcycle, Posted at 1:32 pm August 22, 2012By John Huotari 8 Comments. Lights are currently out on South Main... JAMESTOWN — Authorities are searching for a hit-and-run suspect after a pedestrian was struck and killed early Monday morning, the Highway Patrol said in a news release. 12 Houston police officers have been charged in connection with a botched 2019 raid. When she looked up, traffic had stopped, and the compact utility vehicle she was driving hit a pickup driven by James Michael Graham, 59, of Clinton, which then hit another pickup, driven by Chester Leon Davis, 46, of Powell, the report said. Triad Tree Pro Services projects cleanup could last several weeks. No one was injured as a result of the crash, Forsyth County Sheriff's Office said in a Facebook post. Oak Ridge fatal accident statistics for 1997 - 2019. Troopers said they were called to the scene of a crash on I-85 near Groometown Road in Guilford County at 2:18 a.m. Investigators... GUILFORD COUNTY, N.C. — A truck heading south on Interstate 73 caught fire Friday morning. When officers arrived, they found a vehicle up a steep embankment on the side of Hanes Mall Boulevard and 76-year-old Lee Fletcher Woods, of Eden, suffering from an apparent medical event and injuries from the crash. John T. Roberts, 41, had been headed north on Highway 116 shortly before 4:30 p.m. Monday when his pickup left the roadway and overturned, WYSH said. CLINTON—A medical helicopter picked up a motorcyclist Wednesday morning after an accident in front of a gas station on Highway 61 in Clinton. Farrer and a passenger, Pat Smith, 62, also of Clinton, were flown by medical helicopter to the University of Tennessee Medical Center, the accident report said. One person is dead after a car smashed into a tree. Closest City Road or Highway Your Report. Authorities did not immediately release the name of the motorcyclist, who was flown away in a University of Tennessee Lifestar helicopter at about 11:30 a.m. Oak Ridge Accident Reports ; Oak Ridge Weather Conditions ; Write a Report; 62 TN-62 E Oak Ridge Traffic; 62 TN-62 Oak Ridge Traffic; 61 TN-61 Oak Ridge Traffic; Report an Accident. Bean allegedly crossed the center line while driving southbound in a Toyota 4-Runner on Oliver Springs Highway at Thursday, Nov. 1, causing a head-on collision with a Hyundai Elantra driven by Farrer, the THP said. One person died in a collision between a car and train in Clinton early Saturday morning, according to WYSH Radio. The fire started shortly after 11:20 p.m. at the house whose occupants escaped without harm, the Kernersville Fire Rescue Department said. The Nissan struck a BMW sports utility vehicle that was coming to a stop along S. Main at a red light, police Lt. Matt Truitt said. Filed Under: Oak Ridge, Police and Fire, Top Stories Tagged With: accident, crash, Oak Ridge Police Department, Outer Drive, Roger C. Thompson, Posted at 9:25 am December 27, 2012By John Huotari Leave a Comment, A Kentucky man said he had swerved to avoid a deer on Robertsville Road early Saturday morning when his Ford Taurus hit a parked GMC Sonoma. Ricky L. Crabtree Death | Obituary – 39-year-old Ricky Crabtree of Oak Ridge has died in an accident on Wednesday, June 3, 2020. O’Neal told Clinton police his vision was blocked, and he pulled into traffic to start traveling west when Gross hit his driver’s side door. Filed Under: Police and Fire Tagged With: accident, car, Keeping Room, Posted at 2:48 pm August 23, 2012By John Huotari Leave a Comment. An approaching train was unable to stop in time and struck the vehicle, WYSH said. Subscribe. A Chevrolet pickup driven by Travis Gallaher, 19, of Oliver Springs, was behind Farrer, headed toward Oliver Springs. A head-on collision that involved three cars on Oliver Springs Highway on Thursday evening sent two drivers and a passenger to the University of Tennessee Medical Center and a third driver to a local hospital, authorities said. Subscribe Today Newsletters Facebook Twitter Archives. (Photo by Tom Scott). Fire officials responded to the Gunter Citgo at 5900 N. Church St. on Sunday night. It happened in the southbound lanes, near Macy Grove Road in Kernersville, near mile marker 221. Get the latest breaking news, sports, entertainment and obituaries in Oak Ridge, TN from Oakridger. What type of traffic incidents are covered by ViaMichelin for Oak Ridge? It happened around 11 a.m. Wednesday, Feb. 17, FCSO officials said. Falling trees damaged six cars at Ardmore Terrace and Cloverdale Apartments in Winston-Salem on Thursday. Filed Under: Police and Fire, Top Stories Tagged With: accident, Chester Leon Davis, Edgemoor Road, James Michael Graham, Posted at 11:45 pm November 9, 2012By John Huotari 2 Comments, Alberta Farrer, a 56-year-old Clinton resident and one of three drivers in a Nov. 1 head-on collision on Oliver Springs Highway, died Thursday morning at the University of Tennessee Medical Center. The Oak Ridge Lady Wildcats will play in a district semifinal girls basketball game tonight (Friday, February 19). Hendricks was unable to stop and hit Ensor’s truck as well as a Chevy pickup that was being driven by Jose G. Avalesfernandez of Oak Ridge, the report said. WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — A man has died from his injuries after a crash last month in Winston-Salem, according to a news release from Winston-Salem police. Average hospital transport time. In Summerfield, video shows tree debris outside most driveways along Joseph Hoskins Road. Get the latest breaking news, sports, entertainment and obituaries in Oak Ridge, TN from Oakridger. Filed Under: Police and Fire, Top Stories Tagged With: accident, car, Clinton, train, University of Tennessee Medical Center, Posted at 8:33 am November 16, 2012By John Huotari Leave a Comment. The teenager’s vehicle flipped and came to rest on its top just west of Melton Lake Drive at about 5 p.m. Tuesday, the report said. At 2:18 a.m., the Highway Patrol responded to a report of a crash on Interstate 85 near Groometown Road. WYSH said the accident occurred when the driver’s car left the side of Carden Road and came to rest on the train tracks. Around midday yesterday, Saturday 17th May 2014, Oakridge Road in High Wycombe was closed for several hours following an accident in which a small earth mover toppled over. About 20 minutes after a rollover accident on Robertsville Road early Saturday morning, police responded to a second collision. The accident occurred near Anderson Memorial Gardens on Oliver Springs Highway, which is also known as State Route 61. GREENSBORO, N.C. — North Carolina State Highway Patrol said one person died in a crash on I-73 North in Greensboro Monday morning. The man was identified as Lee Fletcher Woods, 76. The Lewisville post office... A fire damaged a house Friday night in the 200 block of Beaucrest Road in Kernersville, authorities said Saturday. The... JAMESTOWN, N.C. — The North Carolina State Highway Patrol is asking for help to identify a driver who fatally struck a pedestrian early Monday morning in Jamestown. You will likely need to provide information such as the report number, your name, drivers license number, vehicle plate number, the date/time of accident, location of accident, who was involved in the accident, your mailing address, phone number, and email. It has since re-opened. An unknown vehicle traveling... WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — A Virginia lineman was life-flighted to Winston-Salem after being injured on the job Tuesday morning in Pittsylvania County. The wreck happened at 11:30 at 2919 Oak Ridge … About 11:40 p.m., officers found 33-year-old Brian Keith Ewing while responding to a report of a pedestrian struck on I-74 West near Greensboro Road, according to police. A Greensboro woman was in bed when a tree fell on her car. Tennessee(Based on 20,323 reports) 10.1 mins. Shortly before 2 p.m. Friday, a 2015 Nissan Versa going about 40 mph caused a chain collision crash at the intersection of S. Main Street and Commerce Avenue. OAK RIDGE, N.C. — A Stokes County man was killed in a crash that closed Highway 68 in both directions for hours Monday. A female victim has died as the result of a shooting Tuesday afternoon in Oak Ridge, according to the Cape Girardeau County Coroner's Office. The incident occurred around 11... GREENSBORO, N.C. — A car has crashed through a post office in Forsyth County, deputies said. On Tuesday, the Oak Ridge Police Department said an accident report is not available yet, but one should be ready later this week, possibly on Saturday. Video from Sky 6 … (Photo by Tom Scott). Despite the consequences of the atomic bomb, the work from the Manhattan Project led to advances in power, science, and technology that have applications today. The report said a Mazda pickup driven by Robert L. Ensor of Clinton turned left off the Turnpike in front of a Ford pickup driven by Daniel J. Hendricks, also of Clinton. Ricky was being driven by his brotherm 37-year-old Rusty A. Crabtree when vehicle they were in, traveled off the road and struck a tree on Tennessee State, Route 95 south Bethel Valley Road.