Julian Aydlett, 15, son of Mr. and Mrs. J.H. Aydlett, living on West Main Street, is under treatment today for a double fracture of the left leg, below the knee, sustained yesterday afternoon when he was run over by an automobile driven by S.O. Gordon of Norfolk.
The accident occurred under the shed of the Tidewater-Buick Company’s garage at the Elizabeth City end of the Camden bridge. Julian Adylett and Tom weeks, the latter the son of Mr. and Mrs. J.M. Weeks and about the age of the Aydlett boy, had stopped there on their way over to Camden. Both boys were seated on the concrete curb where the paving under the shed joins the wall of the Buick building. Gordon came along headed toward Camden and Weeks jumped out in front of the car to ask for a ride.
Becoming excited, according to young Weeks, Gordon swerved sharply to the right and struck Aydlett, pinning his leg between the tire on the right front wheel and the curb, and dragging him for a short distance before the car could be stopped.
Called over long distance at the Norfolk-Southern yards in Berkley Monday morning, Mr. Gordon explained that when one of the boys jumped in front of the car, he had to swerve to the right to avoid hitting him, and that in doing so, he struck the other boy seated on the ledge, whom he had not seen until that moment. Mr. Gordon and eye witnesses say that he was driving not more than six or eight miles an hour when the accident occurred and that he stopped the car within two feet after the accident happened. Mr. Gordon claims that he threw on his brakes the instant Weeks jumped in front of his car.
Gordon carried the injured boy home in his car, and Dr. R.L. Kendrick attended his hurts. Young Aydlett was resting as well as could be expected today, members of the family stated.
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From the first page of The Daily Advance, Elizabeth City, N.C., Monday evening, Jan. 4, 1926
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