Opinion ID: 1116128
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Heading: pain, suffering and mental anguish on the part of marvin earl jones

Text: Marvin Reed testified that he was inside Swindle's Grocery when the accident occurred; that he immediately ran to the wrecked truck and that while he was standing by the driver's side of such truck heard someone, whom Reid was of the opinion was in the cab of the truck, say Help me. He did not see who made the statement nor did he walk around to the passenger side of the wrecked truck to be sure that the voice came from inside the cab, and shortly thereafter, the truck was engulfed in flames. John Steadman testified that he was eating lunch on the porch of Swindle's Grocery and observed the accident; that he ran down to the wrecked truck and, while standing at the rear of the truck, heard someone say, Somebody get me out of here. He was of the opinion that it came from inside the truck. Herman Morris was eating lunch with Reid at Swindle's Grocery. He ran down to the wrecked truck when he heard it impact the tree and, while standing on the truck with his head in the window of the cab, Morris heard someone say, Somebody help me. Get me out of here. He was sure that the voice came from inside the truck. He tried to get to the person inside the truck but jumped off it as the truck began to tremble and the truck exploded into flames just as he got a few steps away. Kim Shaffer, driver of the eighteen wheeler truck, in order to avoid hitting Cain in the rear, ran off the highway into a ditch and struck a tree. In the crash, Shaffer was thrown free from the wrecked truck and some distance away. It is undisputed that Marvin Earl Jones was the only individual inside the cab of the truck and the evidence is overwhelming that he was asking for help and was alive.