Saturday, July 26, 2025

Two-Car Collision Near Moyock, July 27, 1925

Two Badly Injured at Moyock Sunday

Moyock, July 27—Otho Parker of Northwest Virginia was badly injured and a Mr. O’Brian of Norfolk sustained a gash on the head from flying glass when a Ford driven by Ortho Parker of Northwest and Charlie Poyner of Moyock collided with a Buick driven by Clifton Doxey of Norfolk, on the road between Northwest and Moyock near the Virginia line.

Doxey was enroute to Moyock accompanied by O’Bryan and Mrs. Davind Linsey and her three children of Poplar Branch when his car was struck.

The Buick was slightly damaged, and the Ford was completely wrecked.

Poyner was trapped beneath the overturned car, but he and the others, with the exception of O’Bryan and Parker, escaped with minor injuries.

From the front page of The Daily Advance, Elizabeth City, N.C., Monday evening, July 27, 1925

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