By John Howell Sr.

The driver of a car involved in a two-vehicle collision Saturday afternoon at the intersection of Highways 6 and 51 told officers that he was stopped when “his vehicle just took off, causing him to run the red light,” Batesville Police Department (BPD) Deputy Police Chief Don Province said.

The BPD report stated that Terrence Kuykendall, 211 Claude Street, Batesville was westbound on Highway 6 and drove into the path of a pickup driven south on Highway 51 by John Mabry, 659 Cypress Corner Road, Senatobia, Province said.

Batesville firemen spent some minutes at the site of the 3 p.m. crash working with emergency power tools to free a 59-year-old female passenger of Kuykendall’s car who had been trapped in the back seat by the collision.

Once freed, the passenger was placed on a guerney and rolled to a waiting Air Evac medical transport helicopter which had landed nearby in the Gateway Shopping Center parking lot.

Also transported by ground ambulance to Tri-Lakes Medical Center was a 38-year-old female who had been a passenger in Mabry’s pickup, Province said. A 20-year-old passenger in Mabry’s truck did not require emergency transport nor did a 24-year-old male passenger in Kuykendall’s car, he added.

In other incidents which required investigation by BPD officers during the weekend:

•Sergeant Michael Hardin is investigating a rape complaint filed by a 19-year-old victim. The victim told officers that she was assaulted in a local motel by two men who followed her into her room;

•Investigation of a man alleged to have been spotted urinating in a parking lot led to city citation for indecent exposure for Bryan Russell Cubbins, according to Sergeant Fredrick Payne’s report of the incident.

Three minors were also charged with possession of alcohol in connection with the incident at 2:21 a.m. Sunday morning, Jan. 25, the report stated. Jessica Grey Williams, 18; Ryan Embrey, 20; and Joel Rich, 19, were charged in city citations;

•Frank Pryor was arrested and jailed on Saturday, Jan. 24, for domestic violence and disorderly conduct;

•James Fletcher was charged with possession of marijuana in a motor vehicle and possession of an open alcohol container after a traffic stop Jan. 24;

•Patrolman Greg Jones investigated a complaint of vandalism Jan. 24 at 111 Ozbirn Street. A window was broken in the home as well as in a parked auto, Jones’ report stated;

•Efrem Trejillio was charged with possession of an open container on Jan. 25 after a traffic stop, according to another incident report by Patrolman Jones;

•Patrolman Carl Glass was called Saturday to investigate the report of the theft of speakers and an amplifier from a vehicle parked at Popeye’s.