Saturday was a day of wrecks, house fire

There was an accident with injury near Big O’s Valley Saturday afternoon.

LAFOLLETTE, TN (WLAF) – There were, at least, four wrecks with injury happening on Saturday.

The first wreck of the day on Saturday was at 9:30am on Long Hollow Road with one person taken to the La Follette Medical Center.

Around 4:30, there was a two vehicle wreck on Stiner Highway in front of Big O’s Valley. There were injuries to some involved, and a medical helicopter was requested but was unable to fly due to the stormy weather.

As that wreck was being worked, there was a call of a two vehicle wreck with injuries on Howard Baker Highway, near the Pioneer Post Office. A couple of people were involved in an altercation after the wreck happened, according to a dispatcher with Central Dispatch.

Around 5:30pm, the Campbell County Rural Fire Service (above) was called to a possible house fire at Pinecrest. The house was struck by lightning and suffered some damage, and the fire was out when the CCRFS arrived, according to CCRFS Captain Daniel Lawson.

This 7pm wreck happened at the split of West Central Avenue and Hwy 25W across from the Sonic. (PHOTO COURTESY OF AMANDA BROWN)

(WLAF NEWS PUBLISHED – 05/19/2024-10AM-PHOTOS COURTESY OF WLAF’S CHARLIE HUTSON)