Deputy Nikolas Madore rescues a driver

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.