MURFREESBORO, Tenn. (AP) — A Middle Tennessee teen is facing a charge of reckless endangerment after crews had to rescue him from a rain swollen stream.
The Rutherford County Sheriff's Office says that 18-year-old Clinton Cole Powers drove into rushing water covering a portion of Elam Road Sunday and his truck ended up in the Stones River.
A statement from the agency says Powers was rescued by swift water technicians from the Emergency Medical Services' Special Operations Response Team. His passenger, 21-year-old Brentan Mihm, swam to shore.
When rescue crews arrived, they found Powers on top on his partially submerged truck.
Powers told Deputy Mark Parsons that he didn't know the water covering the road was so deep.
Parsons says the water was about 3 feet deep at what’s called the Elam Road slab.