An elderly man was rescued from a vehicle Thursday night after his truck left the road and landed in a ravine with water off Camp Creek Road outside of Cornelia, according to a press release from Habersham County Emergency Services.
Habersham County E-911 dispatchers received a call just after 8:30 p.m. reporting a pickup truck had left the road across from Tony Cook Trucking Co. and was in the water.
Emergency crews responded to find that the driver was stuck and unable to get out of the truck on his own. Firefighters freed the man from the wreckage and pulled him to safety with ropes and a basket.
The driver was transported to Northeast Georgia Medical Center Habersham with minor injuries.
According to the Georgia State Patrol report, a 2001 Ford Super Duty pickup truck was traveling west on Camp Creek Road when the driver, John Fox, 84, of Cornelia, swerved to the left and traveled off the roadway. The vehicle traveled a short distance and struck a ditch. Fox told the trooper that he swerved because another vehicle was in his lane coming at him head-on.
Fox was not cited for any traffic violations, according to the GSP report.
The wreck impacted or blocked traffic for nearly two hours on Camp Creek Road between Veterans Memorial Drive and Chase Road while crews recovered the vehicle from the ravine. Camp Creek Road reopened at approximately 10:20 p.m., the release said.
The Habersham County Emergency Services, Habersham County Sheriff’s Office, Cornelia Fire Department, and Cornelia Police Department responded to the wreck.
