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Injuries Minor

Jn Traffic Crashes

Two single vehicle crashes occurred in Rappahannock dus ing the weekend with no serious injuries but property damage running high. Henry Branch Johnson III of Manassas, who is a student at Virginia Military Institute, lost control of his vehicle when attempting to pass another car on Route 211 a mile east of Sperryville. According to Trooper W. A. Buntin who witnessed the crash, the 66 Corvette operated by Johnson went out of control, skidded sideways a great distance and overturned several times. The vehicle was declared a total loss. Johnson r ece ive d lacerations of the head and slight neck injury. John Richard Siegel of Whitehurst, Va., a passenger in the Corvette, was not visibly injured but ' both young men were taken to Cul'peper Memorial Hospital where they were treated and released. Rappahannock Rescue Squad took them to the hospital. . Johnson will be charged with reckless driving, said the officer.

Kenneth Wayne Bean of Vint Hill Farms Station, Warrenton sustained lacerations of the right arm and bruised shoulder in a crash Saturday on Route 211 four miles east of Washington, Va. Bean was unable to maintain control of his 67 Comet as he rounded a curve and ran off the right of the road. Trooper J. B. Willis investigated the crash. Bean was charged with reckless driving.

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