Driver passes out, hits pole

By Gus Bode

Police shut down the 700 block of West Main Street Tuesday night after a sport utility vehicle lost control and snapped a telephone pole at the intersection of Main Street and Oakland Avenue. The driver, Jebray Moore, and passenger, Billy Ray Wilridge, both 19 of Murphysboro, walked away from the crash unharmed. Moore said he went into a coughing fit and passed out before striking the pole.

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