High Point, Aug. 14—Olan Hopkins, 14, son of Mr. and Mrs. Sandy Hopkins of Thomasville, was instantly killed when run over by an automobile truck several miles from this city on the Archdale road shortly after 1 o’clock this morning. William Fife, 16, also of Thomasville, suffered a painful injury to his leg.
The accident occurred when Hopkins and Fife, 16, also of Thomasville, accompanied by several other youths, were returning to High Point. The machine is said to have been running at a rapid rate of speed when it struck a sand pile on the side of the road, turning nearly over and throwing Hopkins under the truck, crushing his head. The body was taken to Thomasville, where the funeral was held this afternoon. Hopkins is survived by his parents and several brothers and sisters.
From the Dunn Dispatch, Aug. 16, 1921
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