CLAYTON – A car ended up in a creek Wednesday afternoon after the driver suffered a medical emergency.
At 12:57pm, emergency crews responded to a red Ford Edge SUV in a creek on Cornwallis Road just south of Veterans Parkway (formerly NC 42 West).
The Highway Patrol said a Benson woman was driving south on Cornwallis Road when she suffered a medical incident. The SUV crossed the centerline, traveled off the roadway on the left, went down a steep embankment, overturned three times, and came to rest partially submerged in a creek.
The driver was trapped inside the vehicle due to the water and because of her medical issues…