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BERTIE LEDGER-ADVANCE JUNE21,20171 A7 The fabric of Bertie County since 1832 News Chase leads to speeds over 100 mph BY THADD WHITE Bertie Ledger-Advance WINDSOR - A chase last week saw a car reach speeds of more than 115 miles per hour. The result was Windsor Police officers charging an Aulander man with mul tiple counts including child abuse. Windsor Police Cpl. Jason Thomas met a vehicle at ap proximately 8:20 p.m. June 13 traveling with the front bumper dragging on the ground. Cpl. Thomas activated lights and sirens because of the equipment violation, but the driver of the vehicle turned down Water Street to ward U.S. 13/17. At that time, dispatch was alerted to the chase. The driver of the vehicle turned right onto US 13/17 and accelerated in excess of 100 miles per hour be fore turning onto Governors Road headed toward Lewis ton Woodville. Cpl. Thomas reported the vehicle reached a speed of 118 miles per hour before making a right turn onto School Rd. The driver turned left onto Republican Road. Windsor Police Officer Chris Leggett then took the lead in the chase, which continued down Republican Road until turning left on Mount Olive Road, then re turning to Governors Road by turning right. The driver then reportedly attempted to pass a vehicle traveling toward Lewiston Woodville while approach ing Francis Mill Road, but a deputy was stopped on one lane of Governors Road. The vehicle ran off the road to the left, came back and ran off on the right side before overturning in a field. Cpl. Thomas, officer Leg gett and Bertie County Sheriff’s Sgt. Travis Askew approached the car and re moved the four occupants, two of whom were children. Three of the occupants were transported to Vidant Ber tie Hospital, but no injuries were reported. James Edward Davis Jr., 27, of Harmon Street in Aul ander was charged with fel ony fleeing to elude arrest, misdemeanor child abuse and speeding. Davis was confined to the Bertie-Martin Regional Jail in lieu of a $10,000 secured bond. He made his first ap pearance in Bertie County District Court June 14. Teen killed in Bertie Connty wreck BY CAL BRYANT Roanoke-Chowan News-Herald LEWISTON WOODVILLE - A 16-year-old, reportedly driv ing a stolen car, died and four others were injured near here June 15 in a two- vehicle crash on NC 11. Erica Danielle Dawson of Kinston was killed when the 1998 Oldsmobile passen ger car she was operating was struck by a fully loaded log truck 2.4 miles north of Lewiston Woodville near the intersection of Moore Road (RP 1203). The Oldsmobile, registered to Trinette Boone Langley of Rocky Mount, was reported stolen in Greenville on June 13. According to a report filed by North Carolina Highway Patrol Trooper J.C. Cope land, Dawson was behind the wheel of the Oldsmo bile at around 9:14 a.m. on Thursday. That vehicle was north bound on NC 11 at which time it was attempting to pass another vehicle travel ing north. Meanwhile, a commercial 18-wheeler owned by H&L Logging of Plymouth was southbound on NC 11. The driver of that rig - Michael Ray Baggett, 48, of James- ville - attempted to avoid a head-on crash and veered to the right, according to Cope land’s report. The car and the log truck sideswiped each other, both on the driver’s side. The log truck ran off the road to the right, where it flipped over on its side, spilling logs into the ditch. The Oldsmobile came to a halt in the middle of the road. Three teenage passengers in the Oldsmobile - Gabriel Suggs, 17, of Grifton, Mar quez Lewis, 19, of Kinston, and Daveyontae Miller, 15, of Kinston - were injured, as was Baggett. The extent of their injuries is not known. The fatality was the ninth of 2017 in the Highway Pa trol’s Troop A / District 11 area (Bertie, Gates and Hert ford counties). Four of those have occurred in Bertie County. Summer Hunger campaign launched BY LESLIE BEACHBOARD Bertie Ledger-Advance ELIZABETH CITY - The End* Summer Hunger Campaign continues through June 30. The Food Bank of the Albemarle’s 2017 Sum mer Hunger campaign unites the community by helping feed chil dren in the 15-county service area including Bertie County. The end of the school year brings excitement for most children. It is a time to enjoy warmer weather, spend time with family and play outside. For the fcunilies that rely on free and re duced lunch programs throughout the school year, however, the end of the year means the end of regular nutri tious meals. During the summer months, children of low-income families no longer have access to the free and reduced meals offered by the schools. According to The Food Bank of the Albe marle Communication and Volunteer Manager Brian Gray, this sum mer interlude means 24 percent of local chil dren, 15,500 through out northeast North Carolina, is the hungri est time of the year. The Food Bank of the Albemarle is taking ac tion and working to en sure all children in the 15 counties, including Bertie County, do not have to worry about hunger this summer. In May, the food bank launched the 2nd An nual End Summer Hun ger Campaign: School’s Out, Hunger’s Not. The campaign will continue through June 30. The goal of the cam paign is to raise hunger awareness and financial support to help feed ev ery hungry child in the community, all summer long. All support is wel come, and monetary gifts will be matched dollar for dollar, up to $6,000 thanks to the generous contributions of several sustaining Food Bank of the Albe marle partners. “This time last year, our hope was this campaign would raise enough new dollars to be able to serve over 52,000 healthy meals and snacks throughout the summer of 2016. We actually raised enough funds to provide over 108,000 meals,” said Ex ecutive Director of the Food Bank of the Albe marle Liz Reasoner. “Focused on reduc ing the stress on our hunger-relief partners and the families we serve, our goal this year is to raise an ad ditional $18,500 which will translate into over 77,000 meals and snacks throughout the summer,” she added. Community involve ment in the End the Summer campaign is critical to its success. To engage in the fight against hunger, wheth er as an individual, family, church, or busi ness, contact Carolyn Anderson at 252-335- 4035, ext. Ill and learn more ways to help. 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