Marion County Sheriff's Deputies say no one was injured Friday night when a two vehicle crash pushed a pickup truck into a roadside ditch where it overturned. The wreck occurred on U.S. 51 just north of Burks Road in Patoka Township. Reports indicate 28-year-old Heidi Thompson of East Lair in Vernon looked down when her cell phone rang to see who was calling.
When she looked up, it was too late to stop for a pickup truck that had slowed in front of her to make a left hand turn. Thompson struck the rear of the pickup driven by 28-year-old Derek Byers of West Broadway in Centralia, causing it to run off the road into the ditch. Both drivers and a passenger in Byers' truck, 29-year-old Ryan Collier of Tonti Road in Salem, all declined medical treatment. Thompson was ticketed for failure to reduce speed to avoid an accident. Full Story
