From the Arkansas Democrat Gazette:

Two local men were seriously injured when their pickup truck left
the road and hit a tree near Cotton Plant on State Highway 38
early Monday morning.

Thurston Poole, 33, of Des Arc, and Billy Ray Wallis, 38, of
Little Rock are listed in serious condition at Baptist Medical
Center.  The accident occurred as the two men were returning to
Des Arc after a frog-gigging trip.

On an overcast Sunday night, Poole's pickup truck headlights
malfunctioned. The two men concluded that the headlight fuse on
the older model truck had burned out.  As a replacement fuse was
not available, Wallis noticed that a .22 caliber bullet from his
pistol fit perfectly into the fuse box next to the steering wheel
column.  Upon inserting the bullet, the headlights again began to
operate and the two men proceeded eastbound toward the White River
Bridge.

After traveling approximately 20 miles and just before the river,
the bullet apparently overheated, discharged and struck Poole in
the right testicle.  The vehicle swerved sharply to the right,
exiting the pavement and striking the tree.  Poole suffered cuts
and abrasions from the accident, but will require surgery to
repair the other wound.  Wallis sustained a broken clavicle.

"Thank God we weren't on that bridge when Thurston shot his nuts
off or we might have been dead," said Wallis.

"I've been a trooper for 10 years in this part of the world," said
Deputy Steve Snyder, "but this is a first for me.  I can't believe
that those two would admit how the accident happened."

Upon being notified of the wreck, Lavinia, Poole's wife, asked how
many frogs the boys caught and did anyone think to get them from
the truck.