Rutherford County flooding update

Rutherford County Sheriff’s deputies rescued several drivers who drove around barriers and stalled their vehicles.

Deputy Nikolas Madore waded into almost waist-high water to rescue a driver on Sulphur Springs Road near West Buckeye Bottom Road this morning.

The driver was cited for failure to exercise due care, driving around a barricade and failure to abide by a traffic control device.

Please do not drive around tape or barricades for your safety and the safety of rescuers.

Flooded roads closed this morning in Rutherford County are:

• 12000 block of Mt. Vernon Road near Eagleville
• Shoemaker Road and River Road near Eagleville.
• Sulphur Springs Road at Florence Road.

Passable roads with high water are:

• The 4700 block of Bass Road
• Cedar Grove Road at Johnson Road

Previously reported closed roads are:

• Sulphur Springs Road at West Buckeye Road
• Sulphur Springs Road at Shacklett Road
• Shacklett Road at Walnut Road
• Powells Chapel Road at the slab
• Guy James Road at the slab
• Goochie Ford Road at the slab
• North Lassiter at Barker and Readyville Streets
• Mount Herman Road and Weeks Road
• Elam Mill Road at the slab
• County Farm Road at the slab
• Stones River Road at the slab
• Salem Highway at Mt. Vernon Road
• 1400 block of Greenwood Road
• Armstrong Valley Road at Yeargan Road
• 2500 block of Thompson Road
• Kedron Church Road and Rocky Fork Road
• Burnt Knob Road at Stewarts Creek Road

Photo: Rutherford County Sheriff’s Deputy Nikolas Madore rescues a driver who drove around a barricade and stalled his car at Sulphur Springs Road and West Buckeye Bottom Road this morning.