Friday, May 16, 2008

US 641 wreck


Debra Hodges of Marion emailed us a photo she took at the accident scene of U.S. 641 Thursday, May 15. Two people were injured in the wreck just south of Mott City and the road was closed for almost 10 hours.

Hodges was behind the tractor-trailer when the wreck happend.

"Pieces of the car flew everywhere," she said. "The young man was ejected from the car and was laying close to the center line."

He had a very badly injured left arm, she added. The man in the car was Barry Beard of Marion. He remained hospitalized Friday morning.