Emergency response to a car-train accident

At midafternoon yesterday, Oconee Regional Airport prepared for the arrival of a medical-chopper to transport an individual involved in a nearby car-train collision.  Public safety responders, including the state patrol, hurried to a location in the vicinity of Nebo Church Road.  Among them personnel from Oconee Sheriff’s Office.  Spokesman Jimmy Watt said the response by sheriff’s personnel was carried out in accord with a mutual agency response agreement.