The driver of a Ford pickup narrowly escaped injury in a single vehicle accident on Bay Springs Road near the Career & Tech School on Monday afternoon.
The mishap occurred just before 5:00 p.m. and just minutes after emergency crews responded to an accident on Industrial Park Drive.
Centre Police and Firefighters along with Cherokee EMS were on the scene, the driver told WEIS Radio News he simply became overheated and blacked out which caused him to leave the roadway and strike a fence on the backside of the school.
We’ll have more information as soon as Centre Police Department accident reports are released.