Crime & Safety

Firefighters Free Elderly Woman From Overturned SUV After Late-Night Collision

Sandy Springs Police Capt. Keith Zgonc said the woman was traveling southbound on Roswell Road, just past Hightower Trail, when she rear-ended a limousine and then hit a Jaguar and a utility pole.

 

Sandy Springs Firefighters carefully picked apart a Mercury Mountaineer, late Friday night, to rescue an elderly woman involved in a multi-car collision on Roswell Road just south of Hightower Trail.

Police Capt. Keith Zgonc said the woman was alert and talking as firefighters worked to free her from the vehicle.

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Traveling southbound on Roswell Road, the woman rear-ended a limousine and then hit a Jaguar, before hitting a utility and landing the car on its side, Zgonc said.

The accident happened about 11:30 p.m.  Several fire trucks and police cars blocked off a section of the road.

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