Big Rig Fire Closes Part of Searcy's Beebe-Capps Expressway
By: The Daily Citizen, Searcy - KARK 4 News Content Partner
Updated: July 6, 2012
Four lanes of traffic on Beebe-Capps Expressway in Searcy were blocked for about 30 minutes Thursday afternoon when a diesel truck caught fire while idling at a stop light.
The driver, Ernest Chambliss, 56, of Floral, told Searcy Police that he was sitting at the light on Beebe-Capps and Rimington when other drivers honked their horns and pointed to the front of the Texas Transco truck he was driving.
It was then that he noticed flames coming out of the truck and called 911.
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The driver, Ernest Chambliss, 56, of Floral, told Searcy Police that he was sitting at the light on Beebe-Capps and Rimington when other drivers honked their horns and pointed to the front of the Texas Transco truck he was driving.
It was then that he noticed flames coming out of the truck and called 911.
Click here to read the rest of the story (requires online subscription to The Daily Citizen, Searcy).
