A CADIZ MAN WAS TAKEN TO AN AREA HOSPITAL BY HELLICOPTER TODAY AFTER HITTING A TREE IN THE CERULEAN AREA.

            ACCORDING TO THE TRIGG COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE, CHASE ALEXANDER OF CADIZ WAS SOUTHBOUND ON COBB ROAD WHEN HE LOST CONTROL OF HIS PICKUP, OVER-CORRECTED AND RAN OFF THE ROAD—HITTING A TREE.

            COBB WAS TAKEN BY PRIVATE VEHICLE TO A LOCATION IN CALDWELL COUNTY, WHERE AN AMUBLANCE MET THE DRIVER AND TRANSPORTED COBB TO CALDWELL COUNTY HOSPITAL.

            AN AIR-EVAC HELLICOPTER TOOK COBB FROM THERE TO AN EVANSVILLE HOSPTAL, ACCORDING TO A SHERIFF’S DEPUTY.

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11/08/2011/AM