RV slides down hill near App Ski Mtn.
by Kellen Moore
No one was injured when a parked RV slid off an embankment
Tuesday at Appalachian Ski Mountain.
The RV passengers were on the slopes when the Fleetwood RV slid at about 11 a.m., leaving a dog trapped inside the vehicle.
Blowing Rock Fire & Rescue and the N.C. Highway Patrol responded to the accident, and rescuers cut through the windshield to free the dog.
Trooper T.B. Hendrix of the N.C. Highway Patrol said it appeared that the vehicle was parked too close to the bank and slid backward, stopping on its side on a pile of trees and debris at the bottom.
A wrecker was able to pull the RV upright from a road at the base of the hill, but that same icy road made it difficult for the wrecker to pull it back to the main parking lot, Hendrix said. Crews were still attempting to pull the RV up at about 2:15 p.m., he said.
The vehicle was registered to Erik Ohmstead of Forest City.
Rob Moore contributed to this story.
The RV passengers were on the slopes when the Fleetwood RV slid at about 11 a.m., leaving a dog trapped inside the vehicle.
Blowing Rock Fire & Rescue and the N.C. Highway Patrol responded to the accident, and rescuers cut through the windshield to free the dog.
Trooper T.B. Hendrix of the N.C. Highway Patrol said it appeared that the vehicle was parked too close to the bank and slid backward, stopping on its side on a pile of trees and debris at the bottom.
A wrecker was able to pull the RV upright from a road at the base of the hill, but that same icy road made it difficult for the wrecker to pull it back to the main parking lot, Hendrix said. Crews were still attempting to pull the RV up at about 2:15 p.m., he said.
The vehicle was registered to Erik Ohmstead of Forest City.
Rob Moore contributed to this story.