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Tractor Trailer
Crashes Down Bank
A t r a c t o r - trailer crashed down a forty-foot embankment three miles east of Amissville Tuesday afternoon, and the driver, the only occupant was slightly injured though damage to the rig was estimated at $14,000. James Lee Atkins of Amissville was driving the outfit The tractor, a 1965 White, was owned by Eubank White Corp., Richmond and was on trial use by Floyd Hitt of Amissville. The trailer was a 66 model owned by Mr. Hitt. According to Trooper L. N. Stevens who investigated, the left front tire on the tractos blew out, causing the operator to lose control, veer across the highway and plunge down the bank. Atkins was thrown from the vehicle and sustained lacerations of the head and abrasions of the right leg. He was taken to Fauquier Hospital where he was treated and released. No charges were placed against Atkins.
A single-car crash occurred Saturday at 10:15 a.m. on Route 211 a half mile west of Amissville at Bel Air Restaurant. Harry Edward Smith of Luray operating a 64 Oldemobile ran off the right of the highway, careened back across the road and off the left of it through the yard of Mr. and Mrs. A. T. Hall. The vehicle uprooted a magnolia tree and tore limbs from a Mimosa then finally came to rest when it struck a large Mimosa tree, said Trooper J. B. Willis who investigated. The driver was not injured, but a passenger in the vehicle, Winfrey Burke, also of Luray, sustained lacerations of the nose. Damage to the car was estimated at $500 and $100 to the shrubbery and grounds of the Hall property, said the officer. Smith was charged with driv ing under the influence and reckless driving.
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