TOM MACCALLUM/DAILY JOURNAL
The driver in a car which left the roadway on Steele Street, Rockingham, Saturday afternoon was injured and taken to FirstHealth Richmond Memorial Hospital for treatment. The car struck a utility pole causing a utility line to fall into the roadway and block traffic. Rockingham Fire and Rescue was called to assist FirstHealth Richmond-EMS in removing the driver. Rockingham police are investigating the accident.
Richmond County Daily Journal
Three people were injured in three separate motor vehicle accidents recently, the N.C. Highway Patrol said.
At 9:15 p.m. Jan. 13 on Old Charlotte Highway, Sonya Carol Patrick, 34, Great Falls, S.C., was injured when her car left the roadway on a curve, overcorrected, went off the opposite side of the road, struck an embankment and overturned, the patrol said.
She told a trooper she swerved to avoid hitting a deer.
She was taken to FHRMH for treatment.
She was cited for exceeding a safe speed. Her 1998 Pontiac received $5,000 damage.
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At 8:15 p.m. Jan. 19 on Roberdel School Road, Rockingham, Carl Maurice Hacklay, Deweese Avenue, Rockingham, was injured when his car left the road, collided with a granite sign and a tree, the patrol said.
He was taken to FHRMH for treatment.
He was cited for failure to maintain a travel lane.
His 2004 Nissan received $4,000 damage.
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At 6:08 p.m. Jan. 23 on Rogison and Church streets, Rockingham, Kenneth Ray Taylor, 53, Lady Mary Lane Apartments, was injured when struck by a car, the patrol said.
He was taken to FHRMH for treatment.
Taylor was directing traffic for a tractor trailer entering a business when the accident occurred at dusk, the patrol said.
The car was driven by Lillie Hinson Griffin of Lonnies Lane, Rockingham. Her 1994 Ford received $300 damage.
n Reports are copied from NCHP incident forms.
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