Updated: December 23, 2017

LAWRENCE COUNTY RESCUERS WERE CALLED TO ACTION SATURDAY MORNING ON A REPORT OF A MOTORIST STRANDED IN A FLOODED CREEK.  MEMBERS OF THE CENTER POINT, SOUTHEAST, NEW PROSPECT, ETHRIDGE, CROSSROADS, AND LAWRENCEBURG FIRE DEPARTMENTS RESPONDED TO NEWTON ROAD IN LEOMA JUST AFTER 8 AFTER A PERSON BECAME TRAPPED ON TOP OF THEIR VEHICLE JUST OFF A LOW WATER BRIDGE.  THE VICTIM WAS RESCUED WITHIN MINUTES AND WAS TRANSPORTED TO SOUTHERN TENNESSEE REGIONAL LAWRENCEBURG FOR TREATMENT OF HIS INJURIES. AROUND THE SAME TIME, A PAIR WAS REPORTEDLY STRANDED IN A LOW WATER AREA ON WALKER ROAD IN SUMMERTOWN.  VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTERS AND COUNTY DEPUTIES WERE ABLE TO ASSIST THE COUPLE TO DRY LAND SHORTLY AFTER THEY CALLED FOR HELP.  AUTHORITIES STRESS THAT IF YOU COME UP ON A FLOODED AREA, DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS IT AS IT TAKES ONLY A SMALL AMOUNT OF MOVING WATER TO MOVE MOST VEHICLES DOWN STREAM.