Impact with Utility Pole Causes Minor Injuries

A Wilkesboro man was taken to the hospital after running his car into a utility pole in the Food Lion parking lot. According to Wilkesboro Police, 67-year old John Henry Barnes was driving through the parking lot at the Food Lion on Highway 18 yesterday morning about 8:20. The wreck report lists a slow-speed impact between Barnes' 2007 Chevy and the pole, with damage reported only to the car. Still, the impact caused about 4-thousand dollars damage and Mr. Barnes decided to let Wilkes EMS paramedics take him to WRMC to be checked out for minor injuries.