Driver rescued after car is swept into Wilsons Creek
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A man was rescued from the top of his car after it was swept into Wilsons Creek Tuesday night.
It happened along Wilson Road on the southern edge of Wilson’s Creek National Battlefield, between Clever, Mo. and Republic, Mo.
I have mentioned that I sometimes walk or run around the block across the street, which is 4.2 miles around and comprises a couple farm roads and a state highway. Well, the block I live on backs up to the Wilson’s Creek National Battlefield, and so to go completely around my block, you have to go something like 8.5 miles if you skip the cul de sacs, and it not only has a state highway (albeit one with a wide shoulder) and a farm road with lots of wooded curves with low visibility and narrow bridges, but it also has this low water crossing (basically, a ford–a bridge that is under water to some degree most of the time) that can turn your run into a dangerous duathlon quickly.
I’ve never tried that crossing on foot or in a car, and I’m not likely to try it any time soon, either.
