SALEM – Police said alcohol may have been a factor in a single vehicle crash just after midnight on Sunday.
According to Sheriff Scott Nichols, Cpl. Matt Brann and Deputy Bradley Scovil of the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office responded to a crash involving a 2002 Dodge Dakota pickup. Driver Lucas Newell, 19, of Salem, was at the wheel when the truck, traveling eastbound “lost control, left the road way and struck a tree,” Nichols said.
Emergency crews were called at 12:34 a.m. Sunday. Newell was alone in the truck.
“It is believed alcohol was a factor in the crash,” Nichols said.
The Salem Fire Department and NorthStar EMS assisted at the scene.
Glad that Luke is ok.