2008

Sin ECvan wreck By Cheryl Owens The .\t'\•ton Record Eight staff members from East Central Com– munity College were injured on Friday when the van they were riding in collided with another vehicle outside of Louisville. The accident occurred when the group was returning back · to Decatur from a meeting on Mayhew campus at East Mississippi Commu– nity College in Scooba. According to East Cen– tral President Dr. Phil Sutphin the van was car– rying members of the ECCC Workforce Devel– opment Staff. "The staff was return– ing home around 3 p.m. when a vehicle crossed Highway 25 bypass about eight miles Nor th of Louisville and collided with the van from behind," Sutphin said. "The investigation into the accident is still underway so we don't have the official details See ECCC, Page llA

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were taken to the hospi– tal in Louis\. illc and were later released. The driver of the other vehicle that was in a late model pick– up truck was not injured, according to reports. ''We are just so thank– ful their injuries were not more serious, it could have been much worse than it was," Sutphin said.

ing according to Sutphin. In a release from the said, three of the staff Joey Kenna of Forest, Roger Whitlock of Union and Lucretia Williams of Lena received the most serious injuries and were taken to the University Medical Center in Jack– son and Tina Harris. Joe Barrett, Chris and Kim– berly Matt all of Decatur

yet but that appears to be what happened. After the van was ~truck it rolled and flipped over on its side.·· All eight of the staff sustained injuries but none were life threaten-

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