Emergency workers remove youth from tangled wreckage
Workers pull victim up hill
Youth's truck struck tree, out of sight of highway traffic
An 18-year-old Big Springs youth was critically injured early today when his truck left the highway, plunged over an embankment and struck a tree. Sources indicated the injured youth lives in Gilmer County.
The youth was taken to Minnie Hamilton Health Center by Calhoun EMS and was then transfered to Charleston Area Medical Center by HealthNet.
Officer Bob Groves, who called 911 for assistance at 7:20 a.m., indicated the accident could have happened much earlier, going unnoticed along Rt. 5 on Nighcut Hill, a few miles west of Grantsville.
Temperatures dropped into the low 20s during the night.
The Grantsville Volunteer Fire Department responded to extract the driver from the vehicle.
Sheriff Carl Ballengee is investigating.
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