SUNDAY WRECK ON BRADSHAW ROAD INJURES 11

            ONE WEEK TO THE DAY AFTER THREE WRECKS ON I-24 WITHIN A 40 MINUTE AND TWO MILE SPAN IN CHRISTIAN COUNTY INJURED 16 PEOPLE, A SINGLE WRECK INVOLVING A BUS HAULING FARM WORKERS INJURED 11 YESTERDAY ON BRADSHAW ROAD.

            STATE POLICE SAY 27-YEAR OLD OSCAR MARTINEZ OF PEMBROKE WAS OPERATING A 19-88 INTERNATIONAL BUS NORTHBOUND ON BRADSHAW AROUND 1:15 IN THE AFTERNOON WHEN HIS PASSENGER SIDE TIRES DROPPED OFF THE SHOULDER OF THE ROAD.

            MARTINEZ OVER-CORRECTED AND LOST CONTROL, WITH THE BUS PASSENGER COMPARTMENT BECOMING SEPERATED FROM THE CHASSIS AND LANDING ON ITS SIDE IN A FIELD OFF THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE ROAD.

            MARTINEZ AND 10 PASSENGERS WITH HISPANIC NAMES RANGING IN AGE FROM 22 TO 58 WERE ALL TAKEN BY AMBULANCE TO JENNIE STUART AND GATEWAY MEDICAL CENTER.

            ALL 11 MEN LISTED THEIR CITY OF RESIDENCE AS PEMBROKE.

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