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.
