ONE PERSON Injured AFTER CRASH IN CHILHOWIE

A passenger has been flown by a helicopter to a hospital after a car crashes into a tree in Chilhowie. Responders had to use hydraulic tools for extraction at the scene to get the passenger out. According to the Chilhowie Fire and EMS Department, the crash occurred in the 1900 block of Whitetop Road at 8:18 a.m. Wednesday morning. The car ran off Whitetop Road and hit a tree. The driver of the car not need to be transported to the hospital. Virginia State Police and the Chilhowie Police Department also responded to the crash. 

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