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Woman Hospitalized After Single-Car Accident in Harrison

309 views · Published 10 September 2012 · 2:03 · Indexed 12 November 2026

Channel: WTVC NewsChannel 9 · 2012 · News & Politics

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By Jerry Askin  A Chattanooga woman is rushed to the hospital Saturday after witnesses tell us she lost control of her SUV and flipped it. The accident happened Saturday afternoon on Greenwood Road in Harrison."I hear this horrible noise and I hear a scream," says Rochelle Emerson.It's not something she's used to everyday...hearing a driver scream for safety...after her SUV flips over and lands in a ditch. It happened outside Emerson's home."I get to the street, I see the car, I see smoke, I just hollered at him to call 911," says Emerson.Emerson and her family lives on Greenwood Road. They're used to seeing accidents on that road, mostly from speeding, but this one she says is the worst she's seen."At first I thought I was more shook up than her...It scared everything out of me. It's a safe road if people would just drive correctly...not saying she was driving fast," says Emerson.Now, she wants the county to take action on her street....making sure this doesn't happen to anyone else."I think speed bumps might be good... Put them throughout... Instead of trying to narrow the road since it's a narrow country road," says Emerson.Authorities say Greenwood Road is no stranger to accidents, especially in the wet weather."Greenwood Road and Highway 58. They've had multiple accidents there. We've had several on these road," says Danny Wright from the Highway 58 Volunteer Fire Department.Danny Wright was one of the fireman who helped pull the female driver to safety. She had to be cut out of her SUV.Wright has a message now for all drivers."Pay attention and most of all, stay off the phone while you're driving. Texting is killing more people today than I would imagine DUI," says Wright.And so does Rochelle Emerson."Please slow down on these back country roads when it's raining," says Emerson.At this time we don't know the driver's name or condition.. We'll bring that to you once we get it.

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