Saturday afternoon, June 16, 2007, approximately 2:15 P.M. Rescue 7 and AET Ambulance as well as Medic One Ambulance was called out for a traffic accident three miles south of the Hwy 91 and Hwy 63 junction. It appeared that a van from the Calvary Baptist Church in Jonesboro suffered a blow out on the left rear tire of the van causing the driver to lose control leaving the road into the right side ditch and over turned. It was reported that there were thirteen people in the van consisting of teen age children and their chaperones were coming from a retreat in Colorado. Several of the teens were injured and transported to St Bernards Regional Medical Center in Jonesboro by ambulance as well as private vehicles.
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