Driver Trapped by Overturned Truck

Rescue personnel from Ben, Iron Mountain, Drasco and Mountain View work to extract Joe Blackwell from the semi truck he was driving July 30 on Highway 5 South near the county line when the load of cross ties overturned. He was pinned in the cab for more than an hour until a wrecker was used to lift the truck off his legs after 9 a.m. He was transported by air ambulance to Little Rock for treatment and was released the next day.