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The Key West Citizen
Key West, Monroe County, Florida
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61-year-old salesman M.E. Ballard survived 60 hours trapped in his wrecked car near Cochran, Ga., after blacking out at the wheel. With multiple broken bones, he endured near-freezing conditions until rescued; wife credits divine intervention. (187 characters)
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60 Agonized Hours In Wreck
MACON, Ga., U.P.—"He blew his horn until the car battery went dead. He yelled until he was hoarse."
Thus did Mrs. M. E. Ballard today describe the ordeal of her 61-year-old husband who, both arms and a leg broken, spent 60 hours in torture in his wrecked automobile.
Ballard, a salesman, was found near death yesterday in the wreckage of his auto in dense wooded growth alongside U. S. 23 four miles south of nearby Cochran.
Critical Today
He remained in critical condition today at a Macon hospital but was able to give Mrs. Ballard fragmentary details of his accident and two nights in near-freezing weather.
"He left home about a quarter to nine Tuesday," she said. "He told us he blacked out about 9:30 while driving alone,"
His car careened across a field and down an embankment. It was in easy shouting distance of much traveled U. S. 23 but a heavy stand of trees laced with dense underbrush screened it from sight.
In Great Pain
Ballard not only was helpless but was in great pain. One leg, an ankle and some ribs were broken. Both wrists were snapped. He was trapped in the wreckage all day Tuesday, Tuesday night, all day Wednesday and all of Wednesday night. Then an unidentified Negro found him and called for help.
Doctors said they would not have believed he could have survived if they had not seen him alive.
Said his wife:
"He's in God's hands now. If he lives, it will be just because God was not ready for him to go yet."
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Alongside U. S. 23 Four Miles South Of Cochran, Ga.
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Tuesday To Wednesday
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M. E. Ballard, a 61-year-old salesman, blacked out while driving alone on Tuesday, crashing his car into dense woods near U. S. 23 south of Cochran, Ga. Trapped with broken arms, leg, ankle, and ribs, he endured 60 hours of pain in near-freezing weather, blowing his horn and yelling for help until found by an unidentified Negro on Wednesday night. Critically injured in Macon hospital, his wife attributes survival to God.