ALL THREE WERE RESCUED
THREE PEOPLE WERE IN A CAR REPORTEDLY SUBMERGED IN THE FLOODED FIELD NEAR THE RIVER LATE SUNDAY
A Mills River man is charged after an incident Sunday afternoon in which state troopers say he wrecked his car into a flooded field off of Haywood Road.
Three people were taken to the hospital, one in a helicopter, after the incident at around 4 p.m. Sunday. Troopers say all three were taken to Mission Hospital with serious injuries.Troopers say Cody Williams of Mills River was driving a Ford Mustang at a high rate of speed when he lost control of his vehicle and traveled off the road. Williams’s car then traveled down an embankment and into field flooded by recent rains, in which it struck a tree.
Williams is charged with driving with a revoked license, driving without insurance, and careless and reckless driving.
Authorities say there were two other passengers in the vehicle at the time of the crash.
Authorities say the car went into the water near the double bridges on Haywood Road/N.C.-191.
