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Two-Car Crash Blocks Traffic on S. Carlin Springs Road

Two-car collision on S. Carlin Springs Road Sept. 11, 2014 Two-car collision on S. Carlin Springs Road Sept. 11, 2014 Two-car collision on S. Carlin Springs Road Sept. 11, 2014 Two-car collision on S. Carlin Springs Road Sept. 11, 2014 Two-car collision on S. Carlin Springs Road Sept. 11, 2014

Two drivers were involved in a head-on collision this morning on S. Carlin Springs Road, closing down the northbound lanes for about an hour.

A Toyota Corolla and Ford station wagon collided when, according to the driver of the Corolla, the station wagon started to turn left into Long Branch Nature Center, crossing into her lane before she could brake. The crash occurred at about 11:00 a.m.

An ambulance arrived on the scene but both drivers refused medical attention. The Corolla driver, who declined to give her name and was visibly shaken up, suffered only a minor abrasion on her chin. Both airbags in her car deployed.

All lanes of S. Carlin Springs Road have since reopened.

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