Oklahoma family rallies after wreck

 
BY ROBERT MEDLEY
Published: April 26, 2010

Two months after a Liberian immigrant died when his truck plunged off the Belle Isle bridge, his wife and five children are trying to get by without the family breadwinner.

But the family of Joseph Watkins has found a lot of help.

A bank fund has raised $14,000 for Celestine Watkins and her children, ages 20 months to 17 years.

Members of First Christian Church, the Liberian community and others have do...


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