Newspaper owner injured in accident
Published 12:00 am Tuesday, May 26, 2009
Pat Cashman, editor and publisher of The Vicksburg Post, was injured Monday when a small motorcycle he was riding in the Vicksburg National Military Park left the roadway and went into a ravine.
He was airlifted from River Region Medical Center to University Medical Center in Jackson for treatment of a broken shoulder and ribs and abdominal injuries, a family source said. UMC listed him in good condition in the Intensive Care Unit this morning.
He was expected to be moved to a treatment floor today.
Cashman is president of Vicksburg Printing and Publishing Company, which owns the Post.