It is a surprising fact that the automobile accident which occurred on the Highway near Vass last Thursday afternoon did not result in the death of several persons. The testimony which was given at the inquest held last Saturday which was held at the scene of the accident, one mile north of Vass on the Highway, was as follows.
A Studebaker Sedan owned by L.W. Perkins of Southern Pines was returning from Raleigh to Southern Pines with Charles Milliman at the wheel and the following persons in the car with him: Mr. and Mrs. L.W. Perkins, Mrs. A.M. Eadie, Rev. Park W. Fisher, Mr. James Harrington and Mr. D.W. Turner, all residents of Southern Pines. All of the occupants of this car testified that when about one mile North of Vass they met a Ford Touring Car coming toward them on their side of the road, that as it was impossible for the Studebaker car to pass the Ford on the right Milliman testified that he made an attempt to pass the Ford on the left side and at the same time that he turned his car the Ford turned in the same direction and both cars came together with such force that the Ford car was practically demolished and the Studebaker car was overturned.
The Ford car was driven by S.W. Robards, a white man who lives near Cameron, and in the car with Robards were two negro men and a negro woman who were returning to Cameron from Southern Pines. Robards was badly hurt and was taken to the Sanford Hospital where he died on Friday morning as a result of his injuries. The three negroes that were in the Ford car had a few slight bruises but were not seriously hurt. The occupants of the Perkins car were not so fortunate. They were all bruised and cut with the exception of Mr. Harrington and Milliman. Mr. Perkins sustained a broken nose and a bad scalp cut and cuts on the lip and chin and had many painful bruises. Mrs. Perkins suffered a bad shaking up. All of the injured persons are making a rapid recovery from their injuries. The occupants of both cars state that the cars were traveling at a moderate rate of speed. Both cars were badly wrecked.
From the front page of The Sandhill Citizen, Southern Pines, Friday, April 10, 1925
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