The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1949-02-10
Men Escape Serious
Injury In Oil Truck
Plunge Near Iehula
Vehicle Skids OFF
Bridge Into Buyou;
Other Accidents

Forty seven thousand pounds OF
truck and oil whic hplunged into
Tchula lake February 3 off High
way AGE, bare second after its
two passengers had leapt from the
vehicle to safety, was pulled from
the water and mire unchanged
early Friday morning. according
TO State Highway Patrolman J. B.
Yearwood of Lexington.
Escaping serious INJURY were
Will Harris, Leeos, Ala, driver
for A, G. Nuni's Oil company of
Birmingham, who received minor
face cuts, and Grover Jones, as
sistant driver, also of Leeds. who
sustained broken nose and arm
and hand decorations. Both men
were ex-marlneS.
Hit Bridge Rail
The accident occurred around D
am, Thursday, when according
to Patrolman Yearwood the vehi-
Gle, speeding about so, hit a left
rail on Tchula lake bridge, as 1t
headed north from the Yazoo City
oil fields, en- route to Birmingham.
AS the truck careened to the right
hand rail, the driver, Harris,
Jumped to safety, but Jones, who
had trouble opening the door on
the right, broke the window glass
with his fists, narrowly escaping
the fall, with the vehicle into 70
feet of water.
Both men were treated by DIR.
j.. j. Kazar Of Tchula, who with
Patrolman Yearwood reported the
accident. The truck was pulled
out by Tannehill's Wrecker SER
vice of jackson at am. Friday
following work by the crew from
2 pm. Thursday.
Oil Compartments Intact
The three compartmented OF
truck was removed from the
water, intact.
Patrolman Albritton and Park
inson of Greenwood and Shuttle
worth of Kosciusko, assisted II
the operations.
In pulling the truck out, one OF
two negro helpers who Owed to
assist in the water action, became
hung, delaying work briefly for
the rescue. Also the truck of a
passing negro who stopped to
learn what was happening, rolled
into the water with the motor
running, which also briefly de-
layed work, the patrolman said.
Collision Sunday
Approximately $500 total dam
ages resulted from collision OF
Cox Motor Coach bus with a
negro-driven Plymouth sedan
Sunday, February 6, around $3.50
d. m. Just off Black Creek bridge,
Mr.. Yearwood reported. No one
rnu to Lexington, it was said.
The bus, en- route from Durant
to Lexington, driven by j. +. Stay,
"a, Lexington RID, was on the
bridge, travelling off the west end
when the accident occurred.
Patrolman Yearwood said the
automobile, owned by Thornton
Dixon, Lexington Rt. 3 negro, and
driven by his son, Chris Dixon, II.
with four passengers, received
$500 in damages. Approximately
500 damages were reported,
though the coach continued its
run to Lexington, it wa said
The front end of the negro vehi-
Gle was demolished with the left
front wheel torn loose from the
axle. end with the fender turn
ed back, according to reports.
Eggs Broken
Forty-seven cases of broken
eggs and about 800 chickens were
lost January Is when a Camarat-
ia Poultry co. truck driven by
George Chappell of New Orleans,
turned over four miles north OF
Goodman on highway 81, accord
ing to Mr.. Yearwood.
The accident occurred around
GAS a. M, during misting rain,
when the driver apparently went
to sleep and ran off the road, the
patrolman said. En- route from a
hatchery in Illinois to New Or
leans, the driver was assisted by a
crew of telephone workers from
Durant who helped round up
about half of the near 1000 chick