Fayette County’s traffic safety record of 1960 took a nose dive during the week-end, when a series of crashes on county highways sent ten persons to hospitals for treatment for injuries and damaged six automobiles and a truck.

Three of the ten persons injured, Mrs. T. D. Boswell of Macon, John H. King and George Alton King of Selmer, have been on the critical list at Memphis hospitals since they entered Friday. Four others, T. D. Boswell, James Ray King, Albert Burch Jr. and Marie Robertson received serious injuries.

Wrecks involving the Boswells and the Kings occurred at 2:30 p.m. Friday, one at Oakland and the other near Moscow.

Hit By Train

An automobile occupied by the Macon couple and driven by Mrs. Boswell was struck at a railroad crossing in Oakland by Memphis bound L. & N. freight train. Trooper Jerry Ivy, who investigated the wreck, stated that the train struck the left rear section of the automobile and knocked it approximately 60 feet, when it landed in a ditch. The car itself was badly damaged. Mrs. Boswell, who suffered broken bones, internal injuries and lacerations, is a patient in Campbell’s Clinic, Memphis. Her husband, DeWitt Boswell, who received lacerations and internal injuries, is under treatment at Baptist Hospital, Memphis.