U.S. 61 wreck

Published 11:39 am Wednesday, January 4, 2012

Greg Shorter of Shorter’s Towing Service guides a Ford Ranger out of a ditch along the southbound lanes of U.S. 61 near Culkin Road after a wreck left one man, Earl Collins, 57, 106 East St., Rolling Fork, injured Tuesday. Collins was stopped for a traffic light in the southbound lane of U.S. 61 at Culkin when a white Dodge Ram driven by Austin Mathis, 16, 101 Grand Bear Circle, Vicksburg, rear-ended Collins’ truck, said Mississippi State Highway Safety Patrol Officer Daniel Lewis. Collins was taken to River Region Medical Center, Lewis said, and no condition report was available.

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