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Patrolman Hurt In Car ChaseN^ Trooper, Ray Edge of the Griffin State Patrol Post ia improy* ing this week from serious' injuries he suffered Wednesday night, March 29th, when the patrol car he was driving wrecked in, high speed chase on the Macon Short Route near Gilbert's Store in Flo-villa*Trooper Edge suffered fractured vertebra in his neck, a concussion, cuts and bruises and was admitted to the Griffin-Spalding County Hospital Wednesday night aiter being treated at Sylvan Grove Hospital. Mr. Edge,' 29, lives in Sunny Side,A deputy in the Butts County Sheriff's office said that Trooper Edge Spotted a black and white Oldsmobile traveling at a high rate of speed with one tail light out. He gave chase and when he arrived at Flovilia was in the process of stopping the car when a pickup truck pulled out in front of the patrol Oar. To avoid hitting the truck Mr. Edge left the road, hif a culvert and ran out of jbontrol for several huhdred feet before skidding down an embankment in front of the store The impact threw him into the back seat.As an aftermath of the case Luther Jones, 43, of Flo villa was charged with assaulting a law of* cer and has been released on $2,000 bond. According to a statement by Griffin Patrol Post Commander Ai W. Murphy, witnesses who assisted in pulling the injured trooper from 'the car said that Jones, who had been in a pick up truck, began to strike the injured trooper about the face as he lay on the ground. Jones admitted hitting Edge but eXr plained that he was trying to arouse the injured man from unconsciousness. .A second suspect, identified by Commander Murphy as Leonard Watts, 22, of Juliette, was ques-- tioned in connection with the high speed chase. Watts was released, on a bond of $500 with both cases expected to go before the Grand Jury at the ;May term of Butts Superior Court.The accident was investigated by the Butts County Sheriff's Department, the GBI and the State Patrol.„wlCOth;Spso:th:aiiclcdawirhlaeawlinwitaPic:fcfiisdi
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Jackson Progress Argus
Jackson, Georgia, US
Thu, Apr 06, 1972
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