THE GOOD SAMARITAN FROM CALHOUN WHO PICKED UP A HITCHHIKER IN THE RAIN… IS NOW SAID TO BE RECOVERING, FOLLOWING A ROBBERY AND BRUTAL ATTACK.  61 YEAR OLD JAMES COLLINS IS NOW LISTED IN STABLE CONDITION AT ERLANGER… RECOVERING FROM GUNSHOT AND STAB WOUNDS. HE SAID THE HISPANIC MAN FORCED HIM TO DRIVE TO A WILDERNESS AREA IN WALKER COUNTY, WHERE ANOTHER ATTACKER DROVE UP TO JOIN IN THE ROBBERY. COLLINS WAS PICKED UP BY A PASSING MOTORIST AND DRIVEN TO THE HOSPITAL.
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