NEWTON, Ala. (WDNews) — According to multiple reports, a Dale County sheriff’s deputy suffered minor injuries when a tree fell at a crash scene Friday night on U.S. 231 in Newton.
The reports say deputies were responding to a rollover crash involving a tree that several vehicles had struck. Another tree fell while deputies were at the scene, hitting a deputy and trapping a driver inside a vehicle.
The deputy was taken to a hospital. The driver was freed and reportedly was OK.
According to the reports, Sheriff Mason Bynum urged residents to stay off the roads because numerous trees were down across Dale County.
