By John Howell
Batesville police officers found themselves more involved in traffic accident aftermath than criminal activity during the holiday weekend.

All four accidents on the Friday before Easter came on the busy Highway 6 corridor, three just minutes apart, starting at 9:54 a.m. when two vehicles collided at the Highway 6/Highway 35 intersection, according to BPD Patrolman Will Parrish’s report.

At 9:57 a.m. came another report of an accident, this one at 696 Highway 6 East.

Four minutes later, at 10:01 a.m. officers were called to an accident at the Highway 6/51 intersection where two cars collided, Patrolman ArRicus Diggs report states.

None of the morning accidents involved injuries, according to the reports, but at 5:20 p.m. Friday and again at the 6/51 intersection two people were injured when two vehicles collided, BPD Lt. Kerry Pittman’s report states.

Accidents reported to the police department started early Saturday morning with Patrolman Steve McLarty called to Mile 245 on the southbound side of I-55 where he found a driver who told the officer he had dozed off and run into the ditch. The driver was uninjured and a wrecker was summoned to retrieve the vehicle, according to McLarty’s report.

A two-vehicle collision reported to BPD at 9:22 a.m. east of I-55 injured no one, Patrolman Parrish’s report states.

An accident at 10:15 a.m. On Highway 51 near Piggly Wiggly injured one Patrolman Eric Conlee’s report states.

Then at 9:05 p.m. Saturday, Patrolman McLarty was summoned to a three-car accident on Highway 51 near Magnolia Rental. No injuries were reported.

A two-vehicle accident Sunday night reported at 11:24 p.m. on I-55 at the bridge on the South Batesville exit injured three, according to a report by Patrolman McLarty.

The only criminal complaint reported by BPD resulted in no charges. McLarty was called to the Huddle House at 2:21 a.m. Sunday morning where an employee told her that a person was causing a disturbance. When the person accused agreed to leave, the Huddle House employee told McLarty she did not want to file charges.