Updated January 1, 2021 6:29 a.m. EST
By Indira Eskieva, WRAL multimedia journalist
Raleigh, N.C. A woman crashed over the barricade near the intersection of Pleasant Grove Church Road and Airport Boulevard, her car rolling down the steep embankment and coming to rest in the water below.
The crash occurred early Friday morning about a mile from RDU airport.
According to an official with the Morrisville Fire Rescue, the woman drove straight through the intersection and right down the embankment, which was still slippery and muddy from rain.
When officials arrived, she was trying to climb up the embankment but was having trouble getting up there because of the mud and her shoes.
MORRISVILLE, N.C. (WTVD) A driver had to be taken to the hospital after crashing into a creek just hours into the new year.
It happened around 3 a.m. near the intersection of Airport Boulevard and Pleasant Grove Church Road in Morrisville.
The driver reportedly crashed after leaving a hotel in the area. North Carolina State Highway Patrol said the driver was under the influence at the time of the crash.
Investigators said the car went through the intersection, hit a guardrail, flew 20 feet down the ravine and into the creek below.
The driver was taken to the hospital, but troopers said she was not seriously injured.
UPDATE: Bladen Co. deputies say missing 15-year-old girl has been found safe Raegan Marae Blackmon (Source: Bladen Co. Sheriff s Office) By WECT Staff | December 15, 2020 at 2:21 PM EST - Updated December 15 at 4:31 PM
BLADEN COUNTY, N.C. (WECT) - The Bladen County Sheriffâs Office said that a missing 15-year-old girl has been found safe.
According to a Facebook post, Raegan Marae Blackmon was reported missing after she was last seen on Pleasant Grove Church Road near Dublin Monday.
Deputies announced around 4:30 p.m. Tuesday that Blackmon had been found safe at a friendâs house in the Tar Heel community.