A Reo bus owned by Cress and Lowder of this city turned over near this city on the concord-Charotte road Tuesday night. The driver and passengers escaped serious injury.
Paul Peacock of Concord was driving the bus at the time of the accident. He has been quoted as saying something went wrong with the steering apparatus, the bus getting out of his control near Coddle Creek.
The right front wheel was crushed in the accident and all of the glass on the right hand door was smashed. One glass on the left was knocked out one of the passengers going out through the door when some one told him the truck was on fire. The top of the bus was also damaged.
Just before reaching Coddle Creek, it is said, Mr. Peacock realized that he could not steer the bus. At that time the vehicle was headed toward a high bank and since the driver could not control it, there was no way to miss the bank.
The bus ran up on the bank, it is said, and then fell back. It was then that the glass was smashed and the top damaged.
One passenger was taken to the Concord Hospital to have slight injuries dressed, it is reported.
Mr. Peacock went to work as a bus driver Tuesday, it is said.
From page 2 of the Concord Daily Tribune, Wednesday, May 12, 1926
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