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bridge over Battle Run, just past the intersection of Routes 618 and 729.

"Water is hard to see in the dark," Woodward explained.

Allison ventured on, attempting to cross One of many bridges in the county which had flooded that night. Allison's car, caught in water which Woodward said was likely six to eight feet deep, floated some 200 feet off course. : Janet Robey, Castleton's EMS Captain on the scene that morning along with Woodward, said Allison escaped from his car and swam to a nearby telephone pole where he clung for safety. U There he stayed for over an hour clinging to the pole. Castleton resident Robert Frye Came upon the scene. Frye said he drove over the hill and saw a gray pickup truck backing up the road. I The man driving the pickup stopped and asked Frye if he had a rope, explaining that there was a man in the water hanging on to a pole who needed to be rescued. His car was ^nowhere to be seen. "ii: "He said he was cold," Frye said of Allison.

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