One To Hospital - One To Jail
From 231 Wreck

Arab police officers arrest Carson Chad Watwood, of Union Grove, after 231 wreck.  Watwood was arrested on outstanding APD warrants and for allegedly having drug paraphernalia on his person at the time of the wreck.                                                                                                                                  Photo by Dwight Hayes

January 3, 2008
A Tennessee man was transported to Huntsville Hospital with serious injuries after a two car collision on U.S. Hwy 231 Thursday afternoon.  A Union Grove man, from the other vehicle, went to the Arab city jail after the wreck.

Gene Caudill, the driver of a 2006 Suzuki Grand Vitara, was transported to Huntsville Hospital by Arab Fire Rescue ambulance.   Caudill who is from Clarksville, TN was suffering from a broken left arm and possible multiple broken ribs.  His vehicle was hit in the left front quarter panel and driver side door.  The Suzuki was apparently headed North on Hwy when it was hit by a 1998 Ford Mustang making a turn in a median crossover.  The two local men in the Mustang were not injured.  The Mustang was driven by John Balla.  Balla gave a Huntsville address.

Carson Chad Watwood, passenger in the Mustang was taken into custody at the scene by Arab Police.  Watwood was arrested on outstanding warrants and for allegedly being in possession of drug paraphernalia.

Both vehicles came to rest in the Hwy 231 median directly in front of the Jet Pep service station on 231 North.  Units from the Arab Rescue Squad, Arab Fire Rescue and Arab Police Department were called to the wreck.  The wreck, which occurred just North of the Arab city limits is under investigation by Alabama State Troopers.