Americus Fire & Emergency Services

• Firefighters responded to 11 calls for medical assistance.

• Firefighters conducted a service call at a Town Creek Circle residence.

• Firefighters responded to a structure fire at a North Martin Luther King Boulevard residence where they found smoldering materials in the attic.

• Firefighters responded to a park at the end of Park Row Extension where they extinguished a small fire.

• Firefighters responded to Beauchamp Road to provide mutual aid to the Southwest Sumter Volunteer Fire Department in investigating the report of a gas odor.

• Firefighters responded to traffic accidents on West Forsyth Street, and at West College and Jackson streets.

• Firefighters responded to a Lonnie Lane residence where they found an electrical equipment problem.

Americus Police Department

Acccident

• Police investigated a traffic accident at 9:42 a.m. Tuesday at West Forsyth and North Dudley streets.

According to the accident report, Marilyn J. Ponder of Lumpkin, driving a 2003 Nissan Maxima, and Charlie Albright of 704 Oak Ave., Americus, driving a 2000 Oldsmobiile Intrigue, were both traveling west in the inside lane of West Forsyth when a white truck in front of Albright’s vehicle slowed abruptly to turn left onto North Dudley.