Collision sends two to hospital
Published 11:17 pm Friday, May 9, 2014
A head-on collision closed the intersection of Manning and Copeland roads for about two hours Friday evening.
The accident occurred at 6:30 p.m. The male driver of a white Ford truck, which overturned, was airlifted by Nightingale to Sentara Norfolk General Hospital with injuries not believed to be life-threatening. The female driver of the second vehicle, a Jeep Liberty, had to be extricated from the vehicle and was ground transported to Sentara Norfolk General Hospital, also with injuries not considered life-threatening.
Both drivers were the sole occupants of their vehicles.
Battalion 1, Engines 2 and 4, Rescue 1, EMS 1, Medic 1A, and the Nansemond-Suffolk Volunteer Rescue Squad’s Medic 2A responded.