Accident in Cumberland County | Driver trapped in vehicle after accident in Stedman

STEDMAN, N.C. (WTVD) — One person was injured after a car accident in Stedman overnight.

A Chrysler van traveling south on Stedman Cedar Creek Road left the road approaching a curve. It then entered a ditch and overturned before stopping in a cornfield.

The driver was trapped in the vehicle. Officials said that in order to free the driver, emergency services had to remove the windshield.

The driver was taken to Cape Fear Valley Hospital as a trauma patient.

Officers are investigating the accident and have not released the driver’s identity.