Friday evening, July 14th, Baxter County Sheriff's Sergeant Jamie Binnion escaped potential serious injury when the Sheriff's Office truck he was driving was hit by a large falling tree.

     Sergeant Binnion was responding to a tree down and blocking Promise Land Road after a severe thunderstorm came through Baxter County. 

     While turning around, a large tree fell across the truck and severely damaged it.  Fortunately, Sergeant Binnion was not injured in the incident.

/s/ John F. Montgomery,
Baxter County Sheriff