Charles G. Roaney, said to be about 13 years of age and the son of Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Roaney of near Toluca, is dead as the result of an automobile tragedy on the highway above Toluca, in upper Cleveland, Sunday afternoon.
Going After Hat
The little fellow, according to best reports to be obtained, was riding in a car with his father and mother when the hat of someone in the car blew off and he got out to go back for it. Another car was close behind and almost ready to pass. Just as the little fellow darted back across the road, it is said, he was struck by the other car which could not stop. His body was hurled into a side ditch and his neck was said to be broken by the impact, while he was considerably cut up.
Added to the sadness of the tragedy, it is understood that the driver of the car which hit him was Miss Vangie Willis, a first cousin of the little fellow. People from the Toluca section from whom reports could be gathered say that it is understood that the tragic accident was unavoidable and that the sadness of the fatality has affected relatives in the second car almost as much as that of the immediate family.
The mother of the boy, or someone in the first car, reports say, warned the little fellow not to run back until the car had passed, but it is thought that he never heard them until after he had started.
From the front page of The Cleveland Star, Shelby, N.C., Monday, May 17, 1926
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