Reported fatality following storm

There was one reported fatality in Yadkin County has a result of last week’s brush with the remnants of Hurricane Helene. Yadkin EMS Director Keith Vestal said a tree fell on a vehicle on a side road off Old US 421 in Hamptonville, killing the driver.

There were multiple downed trees, power lines and power outages reported in the county, but overall Yadkin fared much better than areas further west.

Vestal said the Yadkin County Rescue Squad, as well as Assistant EMS Director Chris Bolden and various other county assetts have been deployed to aid in rescue and recovery efforts in the mountain communities hit hardest by the storm.

Flood waters inundated downtown Elkin, just across the river on Friday, resulting in the closure of several streets near the Yadkin River including Standard St. and Bridge St., including access to the bridge into Jonesville. Town Manager Brent Cornelison said in his 20 years here this was as high as he had ever seen the river.

Crater Park on the Yadkin River and the nearby pickle ball courts were under water as well as the town of Elkin’s Heritage and Trails Visitors Center.

The Yadkin Valley Chamber of Commerce had to cancel the annual Pumpkin Festival which was slated for Saturday, due to the flood conditions.