Accident on C’ville Rd

Beardstown Fire and Ambulance were called for a single vehicle accident Sunday night at approximately 10:00 p.m., with a car being upside down in a ditch, in the vicinity of Chandlerville Road and Kuhlman Road. Personnel arrived on scene along with Cass County Sherriff Deputies and Beardstown Police to find a car upside down in water approximately 50 feet below the road surface. The driver of the vehicle was sitting on top of the car. The driver was medically assessed and packaged for transport. Using ropes and manpower, they were carried up the embankment to the awaiting ambulance and tranported to the hospital with minor injuries.