Salisbury, Feb. 22—Virigina Coleman, 5-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James O. Coleman of 429 North Ellis Street, was run over by an automobile this evening about 6 o’clock and almost instantly killed. The little girl, with some neighbor children, had crossed Ellis Street near her home, and Virginia, for some reason, darted back across the street. One of her companions tried to stop her, but she got far enough in the street to run in front of a car driven by John Gullett of Rowan County. Mr. Gullett ran his car on the sidewalk in trying to miss the child.
The little one was rushed to the hospital by Mr. Gullett, but she lived only a few minutes. Coroner Sommerset investigated the accident and pronounced it unavoidable. The police also believe it unavoidable, but placed Mr. Gullett under a $300 bond for a hearing Thursday.
Virginia was an unusually bright little girl for her age and was a general favorite in the neighborhood. Her father conducts a U-Drive-It Car service, and the family have lived here about a year.
From the front page of The Concord Daily Tribune, Wednesday, Feb. 23, 1926
The headline, as seen in the original article, states that the father was driving the car, but the article clearly says that John Gullett of Rowan County was driving the car. I have changed the headline here, but you can see the original one at:
newspapers.digitalnc.org/lccn/sn92073201/1926-02-23/ed-1/seq-1/
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