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That’s what Virginia State Police and a conglomeration of fire and rescue units around Lake Gaston found when they responded to a head-on collision on Elams Road near the Virginia/North Carolina border yesterday.
Trooper Rob Campbell said a red Neon driven by Jose Antonio Lara, 20, of Broadnax, Va. was traveling south on Elams Road when he lost control of his vehicle.
In the other lane Jerry Jones, 54, of LaCrosse was traveling north in a Parker Oil truck. Jones, an employee of Parker Oil in South Hill, Va., tried to avoid hitting Lara, but the two vehicles collided head-on. According to Campbell, the oil truck struck and drove over the top of the Neon.
Debris from the wreck was strewn more than 150 feet down the highway. The motor completely separated from the Neon and lay in a heap in the ditch, while the chassis was twisted and folded into something that no longer resembled a car.
The truck’s wheels were folded like a napkin beneath it and huge sheets of gnarled red metal left gaping wounds in what use to be the grill and carriage. Jones received no physical injuries, and was at the scene.
Rescue crews said that Lara was pinned in the Neon when they arrived. Cory Lett, of the Ebony Volunteer Fire Department, was the first to the scene. He said that it took members from Ebony, Brunswick Rescue, Central Rescue, Roanoke Wildwood VFD, the Gasburg VFD and the Virginia Department of Transportation to remove Lara from the vehicle.
Lett said when he got to the scene Lara was not wearing a seat belt. Amazingly, Lara received only broken bones, but no life threatening injuries. He was transported to Community Memorial Healthcare Center in South Hill, Va. “All the help was appreciated,” said Lett.
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