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Dump truck crashes airport gate at 100 MPH
The first incident occurred around 4:40 p.m. at the William E. Stewart Airport and involved a dump truck. According to Jackson Police Officer Barry Fowler, the driver Thomas Bryant Parnell, 43, of Tibbie, said as he topped the hill on Howard Johnson Road, which leads to the airport, the brakes failed, causing him to lose control of the vehicle. The truck was loaded full with gravel, which he was taking to a hunting camp owned by Reg Cooper of Jackson. Officer Fowler said the driver stated he was doing approximately 100 mph by the time he reached the gate to the airport runway. The truck crashed through the gate, dragging it for a short distance, then crossed the runway, spilling gravel in the grass and across the tarmac. The truck, owned by C.E. Harrell and Sons of Sunflower, finally stopped when it crashed into the woods approximately 500 yards on the other side of the runway.
Approximately 26 minutes later, at 5:06 p.m., Jackson Police received a call that a log truck had overturned at the intersection of J.W. Andrews Highway and U.S. Highway 43, blocking all four lanes of J.W. Andrews Highway. The driver of the truck, Slade Milton Fields, of Sunflower, to pay it. As long as we have to travel and want to arrive there in a decent amount of time, we have little choice. Alternative fuels may be part of the answer, but then there's the cost of converting many of the automobiles on the road to run on them. Besides, I'm certain that somehow those who produce those fuels will find a way to take advantage of the average consumer as well.
Officer Darrell Jackson said Fields, who was driving for Joe Harrell Trucking of Sunflower, said his load shifted when he attempted to make the turn from Highway 43 North onto J.W. Andrews Highway and lost control of the vehicle. Fields was transported to Jackson Medical Center by JETS ambulance. Other emergency personnel responding included the Jackson Police and Jackson Fire departments, who conducted traffic control. The logs were removed from the roadway by Jackson Public Works Director Kevin Woodson using a font-end loader. Jackson firefighters assisted with the cleanup efforts by drying up oil that had leaked from the truck. Pitts & Sons of Saraland were contacted to send a wrecker to remove the truck.
Officer Jackson said cleanup was completed around 6:20 p.m.
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