Sunday, July 27, 1997
Area News Roundup
Coleman man killed in motorcycle accident
COLEMAN - A Coleman man was killed Friday evening in a pickup/motorcycle
accident in the city.
Terry Newman, 30, was driving a motorcycle east on West 8th
Street when he was struck by a pickup traveling north on Pecos.
The force of the accident threw Newman off the bike. He was
pronounced dead a short time later at Coleman County Medical Center.
Christopher Scarbrough, 20, of Coleman, the driver of the pickup,
was not injured, said Officer Phil Chambers.
The accident happened at West 8th and Pecos, an intersection
with no light signals. Newman was wearing his helmet and neither
driver was exceeding the speed limit, Chambers said.
Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at Walker Funeral
Home.
Pickup driver dumps load in accident
COLEMAN - A pickup driver pulling a travel trailer and boat
trailer, ran into trouble and dumped the load on Highway 153 near
Coleman on Friday afternoon.
Fortunately, there were no injuries in the accident that happened
two miles west of Coleman around 4:30 p.m.
Joel Henry McMinn, of San Angelo, was traveling down a hill
near the Hord's Creek Bridge when the trailer and boat trailer
behind his Dodge began swaying.
McMinn lost control of the pickup, struck the bridge guard
rail and overturned, leaving a mess in the middle of the highway.
He and his passengers, his 44-year-old wife, Demo, and 48-year-old
Jan Markee of Midland, were not hurt. All were wearing seatbelts.
Department of Public Safety Trooper Pat Salas investigated
the accident.
Accident near Blackwell sends two to hospital
BLACKWELL - An accident three miles north of Blackwell sent
two Blackwell residents to Rolling Plains Hospital in Sweetwater
Friday morning.
A car driven by Carrie Parsons, 20, struck the rear of a salt-water
transport truck, driven by William Grigg of Bront, about 10:30
a.m., said Department of Public Safety Trooper Scott Stevenson,
"Parsons was attempting to pass when the truck made a
right turn into the path of the car," Stevenson said. Parsons,
who suffered head injuries, was taken to Hendrick Medical Center
where she is listed in stable condition.
A passenger, Felcia Elliott, 25, had leg and foot injuries.
Elliot was treated and released.
Stevenson said neither of the car's occupants were wearing
seatbelts, however, air bags deployed, preventing more serious
injuries.
"If it had not have been for the air bags, the two ladies
would have more than likely gone through the windshield,"
Stevenson said.
Brownwood man seriously burned in fire
BROWNWOOD - A Brownwood man was in critical condition in Parkland
Memorial Hospital Burn Center in Dallas with second-degree burns
Saturday night.
Chantaboun Philavong, 73, was taken by First Flight to Parkland
Saturday afternoon with burns over 65 percent of his body.
Philavong, who lives at 3904 Third Street in Brownwood, was
painting the bathroom with a lacquer base paint about 1 p.m.
A flash fire was sparked when fumes came into contact with
the pilot light of a gas water heater in the bathroom closet,
said Brownwood Fire Capt. Larry Butler.
His wife, who was sitting in a backroom, spotted Philavong
as he ran out of the bathroom with his hair on fire, Butler said.
Firefighters quickly put out the fire, and it didn't spread
beyond the bathroom, he said.
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