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Local Teens airlifted from brutal crash on
Sweetwater Road Edgefielddaily.com web posted April 30, 2005  Rescue
workers from
the Merriwether Fire Department cut
the teens from the wreckage as rain continues to fall.Around 11:30 Saturday morning rains turned heavy and are said by some to be the cause of a blue Ford Mustang driven by Catherine Arnold, 17 left the roadway and hit two trees on Sweetwater Road at the Briggs Road connection. Water rushing down the hill on Briggs Road and out into Sweetwater is thought perhaps to have caused the car to hydroplane.  The mustang was
lifted to its side and chained to a tree as workers worked two free the
two teen girls As rescue workers continued removing the teens from the car they called for the air ambulance. The teens complained of back and neck pain as well as lower leg and ankle injuries. Both were said to have been wearing their seat belts which prevented their injuries from being more severe. Traffic was directed by the South Carolina Highway Patrol and Edgefield County Deputies, which was brought to a stand still for about 30 minutes as rescue workers used the roadway as a staging area after the teens had been removed from the wreckage.  Firemen took out the
windshield and had to pry the roof open with a Hurst Tool to enter the
car.Once the flight team arrived they determined passanger Danielle Arnold, the drivers cousin, should be airlifted and Catherine Arnold should go by ambulance. Both were taken to the MCG Trauma Unit in Augusta. The helicopter landed on a hilltop in a field across the street  Catherine Arnold was discharged late Saturday. Danielle Arnold remained hospitalized in good condition, family friends said. "They were two very lucky girls," said a man who claimed to be Catherine Arnold's softball coach at the scene.  The wrecked car can
barely be seen in the center left side edge of the photo, it came to
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