A Vicksburg woman was in the hospital Saturday evening after being thrown from her truck in a wreck just south of Redwood on U.S. 61 North.

Robin Williamson, 48, 136 Wigwam Road, was in fair condition, said River Region Medical Center spokesman Allen Karel.

Williamson was traveling north around 2 p.m. Saturday when witnesses reported the green 1998 Ford Ranger she was driving veered off the highway, said Mississippi Highway Patrol Cpl. Wayne Smith.

“Over corrective steering caused her to lose control of the vehicle, and she flipped off the shoulder on the east side of the highway,” he said.

The truck ended up upside down about five feet off the highway, Smith said, with Williamson pinned partially beneath.

She was in and out of consciousness after the wreck, said Smith, but did not say where she was headed.

Smith said Williamson wasn’t wearing a seat belt, and was alone.

Mauled child fair; dog euthanized

Jack Gaines, the 2-year-old Vicksburg boy who was mauled by a dog Wednesday, has been moved from the intensive care unit at University Medical Center to a regular room and “is doing OK,” his mother, Robin Causey, said Saturday evening.

The child was in fair condition, a hospital spokesman said.

The toddler has undergone several surgeries to his head and face since being attacked by a 5-year-old, 70-pound cur dog while playing with family at their Stenson Road home. His grandfather, Ira Erwin, pulled the dog off.

Causey said she didn’t know when Jack would return home. But, she said he has opened an eye that was damaged in the attack, giving hope that more surgeries might not be needed.

Meanwhile the dog, named Mojo, was sedated and euthanized at the Vicksburg-Warren Humane Society Friday afternoon, and his remains were being tested for rabies, said humane society president Georgia Lynn. The dog’s owner, Sherrie Johnson — Jack’s aunt — signed the dog over to the humane society Thursday, Lynn said.

Donations for medical bills may be made to an account for Jack Gaines and Robin Causey at Regions Bank. Jack’s father is Brad Gaines.

Escaped prisoner back at Warren jail

A prisoner who had escaped from the Warren County Jail March 17 and was captured in Chicago less than a week later was re-booked here Saturday morning, jail records showed.

Leon Bryant, 33, 4920 Halls Ferry Road, escaped after assaulting and overpowering jailer Kenneth Robinson. He was found March 22 at an apartment in Chicago.

Bryant had originally been arrested on a 2-year-old charge of selling cocaine, but now faces additional charges of escape and assault on a law-enforcement officer in the line of duty.

City woman jailed on two charges

A Vicksburg woman was in the Warren County Jail Saturday evening after being arrested Friday on charges of disorderly conduct and possession of cocaine.

Angela High, 36, 915 Clay St., Apt.1, was being held on a $306.50 bond on the disorderly charge, but had no bond on the drug charge.

Vicksburg man held for auto burglary

A Vicksburg man arrested for auto burglary early Saturday morning remained in the Warren County Jail on a $5,000 bond Saturday night.

Thomas Hasty, 21, 160 Peachtree St., was jailed shortly after 3 a.m., following his arrest by Vicksburg police. No further details were available.