2008

EC staff recovering

ambulance. . Tina Harris of Decatur was first sent to a Louisville hospital and released Friday night. However, she received additional treatment at Rush Hospital in Meridian during the weekend. Four other pas!>engers, Joe Barrett, Chris Clark and Kimberly Mott, all of Decatur, and Joseph Knight of Union "'ere treated and released at a Louis' ille hospital Friday night. Knight and Clark were heroes Whitlock, a former faculty mem– ber and coach at Union High School, was released from the hos– pital Monday He said the entire event played out right before their eyes. "We all saw it coming and there was absolutely nothing anybody could do about it. Joey (Kenna), who was driving, did what he could do to a\'oid it, but there was just no way," said Whitlock. Whitlock, who was at home Tuesday nursing some broken ribs and bone fractures in his neck said, "The driver in the pickup "'as crossing the center median on the

By Jack Tannehill

Appeal Editor The Winston County journal con– tributed to this report. Several members of the East Central Community College Workforce Development Staff are recovering from injuries sustained in a two-vehicle accident Friday afternoon on the Hwy. 25 bypass north of Louisville. Three staff members- joey Kenna of Forest, Roger Whitlock of Union and Lucretia Williams of Lena, received the most serious injuries of the eight passengers traveling in the college-owned van when it was struck by another vehicle. The driver of the other vehicle- a late model pickup truck- was not injured, according to reports. Kenna, who was first transported to a Louisville hospital, was later sent by air ambulance to University Medical Center in Jackson where he underwent successful surgery Friday night. He was admitted Saturday night and is expected to be discharged from the hospital by mid-week. Whitlock and Williams were first sent to a StarkviJie hospital and later transported to UMC by land

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