78-year-old man is injured after he freed himself from his overturned van and walked for help after his vehicle crashed down an embankment off Highway 50 in Benson, North Carolina
Driver Trapped In Wreckage For Hours Frees Himself, Walks For Help
A 78 year-old Dunn man somehow crashed his Chrysler Town and Country on Highway 50 about seven miles north of Benson around 2:00pm Tuesday, and ended up trapped, alone, for 4-1/2 hours inside the overturned van. The van came to rest in heavy brush in a wooded area, down an embankment, and was not visible from the highway.
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