Extrication

— It took more than 45 minutes for Gravette and Sulphur Springs fire department rescue personnel including Fire Chief David Smith and fireman Travis Grant, shown, to free Richard Miller from his Jeep Cherokee which left Beaty Road and crashed into a tree.

Miller was traveling north on the road when the accident occurred shortly before noon Monday. Miller, whose address was not immediately available, was air lifted to St. John's Hospital in Joplin.

News, Pages 3 on 08/10/2011