Suffering from a fractured third vertebra and possible serious internal injuries about the chest, John Porterfield, 21, of University Station, is in Watts hospital as the result of an automobile accident Saturday afternoon near the Grove Park tea room, three miles from the city.
Porterfield is in a serious condition, an x-ray examination revealing the fractured bone in the lower region of the neck. He was examined late Saturday evening by physicians for other internal injuries.
Ed Carden, a companion of the injured youth, was in the accident but escaped unhurt. The accident occurred near a curve in the road, the light Ford roadster turning completely over in a sudden and unexplained manner. It was virtually demolished.
After the accident Porterfield went, apparently not seriously hurt, to his home in University Station, where he is employed by the Southern Power company. Later in the evening, however, his condition grew worse and he was rushed to the Durham hospital where the true nature of his injury was determined.
Porterfield is the son of Mr. and Mrs. J.S. Porterfield of Hurtle Mills and is a brother of Joseph Porterfield of this city.
From page 2 of the Durham Morning Herald, Sunday, June 29, 1924
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