; Thursday, October 19, 1972.
Soft Shoulder Upsets Heavy Truck
By FLYNN SURRATT
A Fayetteville truck driver,
Michael Morris, pulled his
704100-pound tractor trailer
off of U. S. 17 slightly beyond
Edenton Marina Friday and
was seized with a falling feel
ing which proved not to be a
loss balance. The tractor
trailer toppled over in the
soft mud with Morris hanging
- -desperately onto his steering
: wheel.
He was in the process of
■ transferring a load of peanuts
.Tfrom Seabrook Blanching
Corporation to Dublin when
the accident occurred.
Morris had stopped to ask
for directions.
Said Morris as he stood by
the slowly sinking truck, “I
was not actually scared. It
was more of amazement real
ly. Then I felt kind of rot
ten. It felt wierd to have all
that weight going over. I
was- practically sitting still.
The front wheel gave way
first, then pulled the rest
in.”
The accident occurred at
11:40 A. M., but it was well
past dark before the rig was
righted by a Waff Brothers
crane. 'During the afternoon
the discussion centered prim
arily around exactly how the
crehe was going to pick up the
muddy machine. A crew
from Seabrook labored at
moving the 40,000 pounds of
peanuts into another truck
standing by.
Everyone took the unfort
. unate occurrence good na
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turedly, especially Morris,
even though he had heard
that his boss in Dublin was
rushing to Edenton to check
things out. He commented
that he had been driving
trucks for nine months with
out accident and had never
had an accident before in his
life.
“The only thing that hurts
is my pride. It would be dif
ferent if the truck was torn
to pieces, but to have some
thing like this happen ...”
Sgt. Wayne Mizelle of the
Edenton Police Department
stated that no charges would
be made. “It was just one of
those things,” he said, nurs
ing a stiff arm from direct
ing traffic.
Taking advantage of the
novel situation, Morris stat
League Meeting Dates Are Set
The growing partnership
between city and state will be
the theme surrounding the
63rd annual convention of the
N. C. League of Municipali
ties to be held in Greensboro
.October 29-31.
An estimated 1,000 mayors,
councilmen and other key
city officials from across the
state will meet at the Greens
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the theme for the annual con
ed, “What we’re thinking
about doing is building a din
er over the truck and have a
real truck stop, There ought
to be a soft shoulder sign and
railing along this shoulder.
The ground looked solid
enough, but I’ve never seen
stuff this swampy except in
Louisiana.”
By about 9 P. M. the rig
was out of the mud and sit
ting on its wheels ready to be
driven away, only a little
worse for that wear.
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bond funds.
The convention will close
with the annual banquet and
Halloween dance October 31.
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TRACTOR-TRAILER TAKES A DlVE —Michael Morris, on his way to Dublin,
pulled off U. S. 17 to ask directions and was surprised when his rig fell over in the
soft mud. He was uninjured, but it was many hours until Waff Brothers was able to
pick up the muddied truck with a crane. Morris, at the lar right, sizes up the situa
tion as two youth look on.
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