Winston-Salem, Aug. 1—Three persons are in hospitals, two with broken bones and three other persons suffered unknown injuries as the result of four auto accidents in or near this city today.
The known injured are: Nellie Savage, negro, broken right ankle; James Wilson, negro boy, broken right ankle; Vadry Turner, injuries undetermined but not thought to be serious.
Two arrests were made. Tom Brooks, negro, was arrested on a reckless driving charge and J. F. Matthews, who lives here, was arrested charged with the same offense.
There was only one collision. Nellie Savage was hit while crossing a street intersection by Matthews’ car. James Wilson was injured in the same way. Vadry Turner was said to have been playing in a street when he was struck by a car driven by Charles Ingram, who lives here. The unknown persons were in a car which was hit by Tom Brooks’ automobile as he was backing it out of a filling station.
From the front page of the Roxboro Courier, Aug. 4, 1926
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