Fannie and the Back Fence Gang 4

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In previous episodes, radio talk show host Fannie Couch (Fannie’s Back Fence) is interviewing Pecan Springs mayor, Pauline Perkins, who wants to encourage support for a planned development on Sycamore Creek. But Fannie’s first call—from a driver on his car phone who claims to have some kind of inside information about the project—is interrupted by an ear-splitting crash. Station master Henry notifies the sheriff’s office and learns that Sheriff Blackwell, a regular listener, believes that another vehicle sideswiped the caller and knocked him off the road. A deputy is on the way. Subsequent callers speculate that the vehicle that caused the crash is damaged and share stories about the gravel pit at the head of Sycamore Creek. Then a caller reports seeing a white car with a smashed right front fender. It speeds away, nearly hitting a boy on his bicycle and running a red light. Henry is back on the phone—this time, to the Pecan Springs police—while Fannie connects with the next caller. …