Charlotte Men Injured When Car Flips Jan. 21, 1926

Four Charlotte Men in Wreck Near City. . . Were En Route from Charlotte to Salisbury When Accident Occurred on Highway

Four men of Charlotte en route from that city to Salisbury had narrow escapes from serious injury last Thursday when the auto in which they were riding turned over a few miles south of this city. Friday’s Charlotte News had the following story of the accident:

Four Charlotte men Friday were nursing sore muscles and bruises after miraculously escaping more serious injury in an automobile wreck a few miles south of Concord late Thursday.

The men were: Dr. R.W. Petrie, physician; W.H. Martin of Queen City Printing Company; E.A. Hilker, attorney, and Yates Edgerton, real estate dealer.

The party was riding in Mr. Edgerton’s sedan, which was one of three cars of Monarch Club members who went to Salisbury Thursday evening to attend the organization banquet of the Salisbury Monarch Club.

The accident occurred, according to Mr. Edgerton, when a pedestrian on the Charlotte-Concord highway, stepped off the road to allow an automobile, which was running ahead of Mr. Edgerton’s car, to pass, then stepped back on the road directly in front of the Edgerton car.

Mr. Edgerton, in an effort to avoid striking the man, applied the brakes and attempted to swerve his car. It turned over and came to rest upside down.

The four men inside crawled out through the broken windows. Mr. martin received a slight cut over his right eye and a badly strained right shoulder. He was the most painfully hurt. Dr. Petrie came out with a bumped head and slight cut on his right hand. Mr. Hilker was bruised. Mr. Edgerton’s left cheek was slightly cut. Other members of the club carried Mr. Martin, and Dr. Petrie to Concord, where they were examined by physicians. Mr. Edgerton, with the aid of passersby, righted his car and drove it on to Salisbury and back to Charlotte. The name of the pedestrian was not learned. It was said that he “took to the tall timbers” by the road, when the car turned over behind him.

From page 2 of the Concord Daily Tribune, Saturday, Jan. 23, 1926

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