Wednesday evening, December 17, 2008, the Hoxie Volenteer Fire Department, Walnut Ridge Rescue Truck and Fire Department and the AET and Medic 1 Ambulances were called shortly before eleven PM to a transport/automobile accident just South of the junction of Hwy 63B and Hwy 63 North of Hoxie. The automobile lost control on ice on the bridge and skidded into the path of a South bound automobile hauler. No major injuries were sustained by either the transport truck driver nor the driver or passengers in the automobile. Only one individual was transported to Lawrence Memorial Hospital to be checked over.