KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- Three people were rescued early today after their Jeep Wrangler plunged down a bluff on Old Loves Creek Road off Millertown Pike.
The three were driving an off-road trail when the Jeep dropped 40 to 45 feet, sending it nose-first into the ground.
The Jeep flipped over, trapping all three occupants for about three hours, according to Knoxville Fire Department Capt. D.J. Corcoran.
They attempted to relay their whereabouts to E-911 via a cell phone, Corcoran said.
Rescuers were able to follow fresh tire tracks through a maze of trails and found the wreckage about one-half mile off the paved road.
Firefighters, Knoxville police officers and Knoxville Volunteer Emergency Rescue Squad members were able to hoist the patients one by one in a Stokes basket to ambulances.
They were taken to the University of Tennessee Medical Center.
The names and conditions of the Jeep's occupants were not immediately available.
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