EMS personnel assist Ohio woman, a victim of the sharp Carroll Turn

Calhoun had three vehicle accidents yesterday, sending only one person to the hospital.

A 1993 Buick driven by an Ohio woman failed to negotiate the sharp Carroll turn on Rt. 5 near Big Bend, knocking a telephone pole and cable into the highway.

Calhoun EMS responded to the scene with the Grantsville Volunteer Fire Department at 3:25 p.m. The woman declined medical care.

Downed and broken poles and cable in highway for several hundred
feet required traffic control for hours waiting for Frontier truck

Grantsville firemen dutifully flagged traffic for over four hours waiting for a Frontier Phone pole truck to arrive from St. Marys.

Local Frontier workers can not provide the service.

Deputy Justin Metheney and Trooper 1st Class Jeff Hunt responded to the accident.

A White Pine man, reportedly about 65-years-old, was taken to Minnnie Hamilton Health System by Calhoun EMS after his vehicle went 100-150 feet over a hill.

The Grantsville VFD and Deputy Justin Metheney responded to the accident at 1:48 p.m.

Trooper 1st Class Jeff Hunt and Calhoun EMS responded to what appeared to be a truck going over the hill near the intersection of Pine Creek Rd. at Mt. Zion, Rt. 16. The driver left the scene in the vehicle.

An eight-year-old girl was bit on the head and face by a dog at 5:27 p.m. at a residence along Rt. 16, just south of Arnoldsburg.

Calhoun EMS responded to the scene and took the youth to Roane General Hospital, reportedly suffering from lacerations and a puncture wound to the face.