Car slipped off the edge of the road
LAFOLLETTE, TN (WLAF)- It was like something you see on TV. Rescuers with the Campbell County Rural Fire Service responded to the call of a car hanging off the road on the side of the mountain with the driver unable to safely get out.
Right at 4:30pm Tuesday, as a cold rain pelted down, a Subaru sedan with the lone occupant behind the wheel slipped off a snowy, icy McCloud Mountain Trail. Way up the trail, at the third switchback, is where the car almost went over.
Given the highly stressful situation, the driver had the wherewithal to call Central Dispatch for help. A couple of Sheriff's Deputies also responded.
Firefighters with the CCRFS were able to secure a strap to the car so the driver could safely exit. The woman, who lives on top of the mountain, was shaken but not injured.
"Four four wheel drive vehicles became stuck in the icy conditions, two of ours and two from the Sheriff's Office, as they worked to save the lady," said CCRFS Chief Daniel Lawson.
After the rescue, it took the crews more than an hour to get all the emergency vehicles unstuck and back off the mountain, according to Chief Lawson. (WLAF NEWS PUBLISHED-02/02/2026-6PM-PHOTOS COURTESY OF CCRFS CHIEF DANIEL LAWSON)
