Monday
Nov262007
Wilkes Traffic Deaths Part of 20 in NC Over Holiday Weekend
Monday, November 26, 2007 at 1:25AM The death toll on North Carolina's roads was up this Thanksgiving holiday, even as state troopers used helicopters and other methods to catch speeders. At least 20 people were killed in motor-vehicle accidents statewide since the Thanksgiving holiday officially began at midnight Tuesday, according to the state Highway Patrol. Two of those deaths occured in WIlkes county, in wrecks Wednesday night and Thanksgiving morning.
Funeral services were held yesterday for 43-year old Pamela Lynn Taylor Brown West of Roaring River, who died in a wreck near her home on Ruritan Road Thanksgiving morning. The highway patrol says she lost control while driving alone, crossed the road, went into a ditch, and hit a tree.
69-year old Jeanne Wadkins of Millers Creek died in the Wednesday night wreck, which troppers say was caused by another driver crossing the center line on Boomer Road and hitting the car she was riding in head-on. Several others, including the driver that caused the wreck, were hurt.
Funeral services were held yesterday for 43-year old Pamela Lynn Taylor Brown West of Roaring River, who died in a wreck near her home on Ruritan Road Thanksgiving morning. The highway patrol says she lost control while driving alone, crossed the road, went into a ditch, and hit a tree.
69-year old Jeanne Wadkins of Millers Creek died in the Wednesday night wreck, which troppers say was caused by another driver crossing the center line on Boomer Road and hitting the car she was riding in head-on. Several others, including the driver that caused the wreck, were hurt.
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