In preparation of installing a headlight fuse and relays for the high/low
beams in my Midget I came across this article. This no doubt explains why
Abingdon and Lucas opted not to fuse the Spridget headlight circuit!
Enjoy, Matt
The following article was taken from the Arkansas Democrat Gazette,
July 25,1996:
Two Local Men Injured in Freak Truck Accident
Cotton Patch, Ark.
Two local men were seriously injured when their pick-up truck left the road
and struck a tree near Cotton Patch on State Highway 38 early Monday
morning.
Woodruff County deputy Dovey Snyder reported the accident shortly after
midnight Monday.
Thurston Poole, 33, of Des Arc and Billy Ray Wallis, 38, of Little Rock are
listed in serious condition at Baptist Medical Center. The accident occurred
as the two men were returning to Des Arc after a frog gigging trip.
On an overcast Sunday night, Poole's pick-up truck headlights malfunctioned.
The two men concluded that the headlight fuse on the older model truck had
burned out. As a replacement fuse was not available, Wallis noticed that the
.22 caliber bullet from his pistol fit perfectly into the fuse box next to
the steering wheel column. Upon inserting the bullet, the headlights again
began to operate properly and the two men proceeded on east-bound
toward the White River bridge.
After traveling approximately twenty miles and just before crossing the
river, the bullet apparently overheated, discharged and struck Poole in
the right testicle. The vehicle swerved sharply to the right exiting the
pavement and striking a tree.
Poole suffered only minor cuts and abrasions from the accident, but will
require surgury to repair the other wound. Wallis sustained a broken
clavicle. "Thank God we weren't on that bridge when Thurston shot
his nuts off or we might both be dead" stated Wallis.
"I've been a trooper for ten years in this part of the world, but this is a
first for me. I can't believe that those two would admit how this accident
happened", said Snyder.
Upon being notified of the wreck, Lavinia, Poole's wife, asked how many
frogs
the boys had caught and did anyone get them from the truck.
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