Wednesday, September 24, 2014

Single-vehicle wreck leaves car in creek

No one was seriously injured in a single-vehicle accident this
afternoon on Sturgis Road in Marion.
No one was seriously injured in a single-vehicle accident on Sturgis Road this afternoon.

According to Marion City Policeman Bobby West, Raj Patel, 16, was operating his family's Lexus ES 330 and exiting the parking lot of Royal Inn & Suites when he lost control, driving across both lanes of traffic and into a deep creek bed across from the motel. The vehicle landed on its top.

Both Patel and his mother, who was a passenger in the vehicle, refused medical treatment from Crittenden EMS.

The accident occurred just before 4 p.m.