A Cherokee County, SC, deputy was airlifted from the scene of a traffic stop on Monday night, where he was injured in a rollover incident. The suspect was reportedly trying to flee when his car rolled onto the deputy after turning over in a ditch.
The Cherokee County Sheriff’s Office says one of its narcotics deputies stopped a vehicle driven by Cornelius Sentell MayberryĀ around 10 p.m. Monday night, Fox Carolina reports.
The sheriff’s office says Mayberry tried to flee the scene, causingĀ a deputy to reach in the window of his vehicleĀ to stop him. The sheriff says that the vehicle traveled about 20 feet when it went into a ditch and up an embankment, with the deputy’s upper body still inside the car. The vehicle then overturned onto the driver’s side, pinning the deputy’s lower body under the vehicle.Ā Ā
The deputy sustained two broken ankles and a broken leg.
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