Crews rescue woman after her car plunged off Foothills Parkway

6:01 PM, Aug 16, 2012   |    comments
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Emergency crews have rescued a woman whose car plunged about 100 yards off the road and down the side of Chilhowee Mountain.

Blount County dispatchers say the crash happened around 4:30 pm Thursday on the Foothills Parkway, near the Hwy. 321 intersection.

Crews on the scene says the woman's injuries appear to be non-life threatening.   She was taken to UT Medical Center by ambulance.  She was unconscious when rescue crews got to her.

The National Park Service is investigating the accident.   A spokesperson says it appears the woman's vehicle was stopped by vegetation, or it could have continued falling.