Woman soars over creek, lands on passenger's side
SLIPPERY ROCK TWP — Firefighters at the scene of a Branchton Road accident Wednesday afternoon described the trajectory of a Jeep Grand Cherokee lying on its side as “Dukes of Hazzard.”
Slippery Rock Volunteer Fire Company Chief Ryan Hanchosky said the SUV, driven by a woman he estimated to be in her 20s, was heading west toward Slippery Rock around 3:30 p.m. when it veered off the road on the right at 334 Branchton Road.
The driver then lost control, veered left into the eastbound lane and broke through a gate and part of a fence on the Hartzell farm.
The vehicle continued through the farm field and went airborne off a bank above a creek in the pasture, nose-dived into the foot-deep waterway and finally came to rest on the opposite side of the creek on its passenger's side.
Hanchosky said the driver climbed out of the sun roof of the mangled SUV, which was facing east.
Read more in Thursday's Butler Eagle.
