2008

after near-fatal accident highway and there was a large group of motorcyles behind us. I really think he looked and saw those motorcyles, but for some rea– son our van didn't register with him. When he pulled out, he was accelarating and 1 don't think he saw us until we hit."

"We hit really hard, left the road and rolled. There was grass, glass, metal and people flying all through that van." "I landed on my back really hard against the door relaease and at first thought my back was brQken/' he said. Whitlock termed the actions of Chris Clark and Joseph Knight 'heroic.' "They reaUy stepped up with the way they were able to help," he said, "Joey had a real severe cut on his arm. Joseph cut him out his seat belt and they put a tourniquet on his arm and kept him from bleeding out. 1 think they might have saved his life, 1'm sure they saved his arm/' said Whitlock. The staff members were returning from a meeting on the Mayhew campus of East Mississippi Community College when the acci– dent occurred, approximately eight miles north of Louisville.

An emergency worker tends to the EC van after Friday's accident. photo courtesy The Winston County Jo11rnal