The coastland times with which is combined the pilot and herald of Belhaven and Swan Quarter. [volume] (Manteo, N.C.) 1959-1973, 1962-06-15
DARE DEER DIES
IN AUTO CRASH
-MANY WRECKS
Venison forthcoming As An+lers
Lock With Bumper
On Sunday


Lock With Bumper
On Sunday
A daring deer lodged Deem
Der hunters bet died on a dirt
road collision with an automo-
bile last Sunday in Dare which
dented the daylights out of a
Mercury Comet driven by Willie
Johnson Smith, 81, of London
Bridge, Va. to lead the accident
parade for last week end. Four
traffic accidents involving seven
automobiles served to mar the
fair-weather calm for variety
vacationers on the Outer Banks.
Willie johnson Smith, 81, of
London Bridge, Va. was unin-
jured in the deer collision which
occurred last Sunday on a dirt
road leading to Mashoes. The
deer was killed by the crash
and has been turned over to
game protector for the menu of
a prison camp or other institu-
ton. Damage to the 1862 model
automobile was estimated at
5000.
Another collision disturbed the
morning calm 200 yards south
| of the Southern Shores real es-
tate office at Kitty Hawk when
automobiles driven by Richard
Furon, SO, of Hokendauqua, Pa.
and Lloyd Brown of Charlottes-
vile, Va. smashed together
while one of the cars attempted
to pass a vehicle making a turn.
Furon, the driver of a late
model Buick, stated that he was
going south on Highway 1853
Bypass, overtaking and intend
ing to pass Brown, who, he
said, was going in the same di-
rection. Brown made a left turn
in front of Furon, who report
eddy failed to give a turn sig
nal. The collision knocked Fur
on's Buick into the curbing Of
a traffic island but he was US
ing a safety belt and was not
| injured.
Damage to the Furon vehicle
was estimated at 500. Brown.
J a Negro, is reported to have
left the scene of the accident
Patrolman H. w. Pridgen has
indicated that the investigation
is not yet complete.
A driver who may have dozed
at the wheel is reported to be
responsible for the car-telephone
pole smash-up which occurred at
APO am. on Sunday when JOS
eph Mcclellan Midget, a o.
year-old resident of Rodanthe.
! wrecked his 1857 Plymouth when
he hit the curb and broke a tel
} ephone pole near Dare County
) Ice and Storage Co. The vehicle
!, stopped, after a wild spree, on
the lawn of a residence opposite
! the plant.
; Officer Pridgen has reported
, that the man escaped without
injury and will face charges OF
reckless driving.
:. The week end rash of acct
. dents began with a three-car
collision on Highway 1853 in Kill
Devil Hills when a 21-year-old
Elizabeth City man in a Pontiac
struck an Oldsmobile being
backed onto the highway and
careened into a parked station
; wagon.
i Larry Wayne Tucker, 81, was
backing a 1861 Chevrolet sta
j ton wagon out of a driveway
at the home of Conrad Toler.
He drove across the road and
onto the shoulder opposite, so
that James Clifton Wood, 81, OF
Shiloh could back his Oldsmo-
bile off the highway.
Charles Wayne Sawyer, Il, OF
Elizabeth City, is reported to
have been driving north in a
1853 Pontiac when he struck the
IW O o d automobile broadside,
turning it upside down. The i'm
pact is said to have thrown the
Sawyer car against the station
wagon.
SAWYER is reported to have
alleged that he did not see the
Wood automobile until the col
Ilision occurred because of the
headlights on the Tucker. driven
automobile. Wood was taken to
Albemarle Hospital for treat
ment of minor scalp decorations.
Billy Gregory, a passenger IN
the Sawyer car, was treated IN
| Manteo for decorations OF the
nose and mouth. Dick Hicks OF
Atlanta, Ca, another passenger
| in the Pontiac, also had lacera-
tons and bruises of a minor
nature.