WALHALLA, S.C. (AP) — An Arkansas man has been arrested for trying to crash through the exit gates of a South Carolina nuclear plant, authorities said.
Whisenhunt also trespassed onto the property of the nuclear station without authorization, according to the charges.
The driver backed up and tried to drive down a dirt road as security tried to block them in.
The driver tried to hit the guards, then drove through a fence and off the nuclear plant property, according to authorities.
The Oconee Nuclear Station has three nuclear reactors and started generating power 50 years ago on Lake Keowee.
Persons:
—, Doyle Wayne Whisenhunt, Whisenhunt
Organizations:
Duke Energy
Locations:
WALHALLA, S.C, — An Arkansas, South Carolina, Lockesburg , Arkansas, Pickens County , South Carolina, Oconee County, Oconee, Seneca , South Carolina, Arkansas, Keowee