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7>Mdlc with its spilled sand after Jala! accident. The driver and his son escaped with minor injuries.
Mrs. Shellun 's cur after the collision.
Former County
Resident Killed In Crash
A former Raeford resident was
. killed when the car she was driving
' collided with a truck around 1:45
p.m. Thursday on U.S. 401, about
150 yards south of the Cumberland
County border. State Highway
Patrolman Bill Bowden said.
The victim was Gayle Thomas
Shelton, 37, of Forest Hills, Aber
deen.
Mrs. Shelton's daughter, Paige.
9, suffered a fractured jaw and was
admitted to Cape Fear Valley
' Hospital in Fayetteville, Bowden
said.
The driver of the truck, Edward
Ray Barnes, 39, of Tar Heel, and
his 9-year-old son, Edward, also
were injured but not seriously and
were released Thursday from Cape
Fear Valley Hospital after being
treated. Bowden said.
If Barnes, driving the truck,
> hadn't reacted as well as he did
when he saw the car coming into his
lane, the collision would have been
head on, and Paige Shelton also
could, have been killed. The child
was riding in the right front seat
when the collision occurred, the
officer said.
The late-model Toyota Mrs.
Shelton was driving south turned
into the northbound lane, and, as
Barnes was attempting to avoid a
collision, the car struck the track's
front wheels at an angle, Bowden
said.
Barnes lost steering control when
his wheels collapsed. The car was
sent 19 feet 7 inches farther by the
force of the collision, coming to rest
on the west shoulder of the
highway, the officer said.
The truck loaded with sand
turned over on the shoulder, dump
ing its load of sand on the
southbound lane and the shoulder.
Dr. Riley Jordan of Raeford, a
Hoke County medical examiner,
pronounced Mrs. Shelton dead at
the scene.
The car was a total loss and the
damage to the truck, a 1974 White
tandem dump vehicle, amounted to
"not less than 56,000 or S7.000,"
Bowden said.
Officers of the Hoke County
Sheriff's Department and members
of the Hoke County Rescue Squad
prevented other possible accidents
at the scene by controlling traffic
approaching the scene from both
directions. Bowden said.
What caused Mrs. Shelton's car
to turn into the northbound lane
probably will never be known
Bowden said, adding that no
charge has been filed.
Bowden said he has been in
formed that Mrs. Shelton and her
husband, Lester D., lived in Rae
ford before moving to Aberdeen
fairly recently.
Mrs. Shelton's was the seventh
traffic death in Hoke County this
year. The total is two more than the
number killed in traffic in the
county in all of 1981 .
She was the fourth to die since
October 5.
The funeral for Mrs. Shelton was
conducted Sunday afternoon in
Ashley Heights Baptist Church by
the Rev. Robert L. Denton. Burial
was in Bethesda Cemetery. Aber
deen.
Mrs. Shelton was born in Moore
County and was the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Elrie S. Thomas of
Jackson Springs, who are among
her survivors.
i
Also surviving are her brother.
Joe Hanford Thomas of High
* Highway Patrol Here
Short On Manpower
| It is difficult to determine
whether a recent increase ii^ traffic
deaths in Hoke County can be
linked to an undermanned patrol
force here, a top ranking state
Highway Patrol Officer said Mon
day.
The county's latest fatality,
which occurred Thursday, brought
the total traffic deaths for the year
to two more than all of 1981, but
patrol Executive Officer Lt. Col.
? J.F. Cardwell says it is hard to tell if
the increase is attributable to the
short staff here.
Patrol officers have been working
a man short here since April, when
Trooper Joe Stanley left to work
interstate highway traffic going to
the World's Fair.
Stanley has now been transferred
to Richmond County, and chances
| of finding a replacement here do
not look bright. Cardwell said.
Cardwell said he has spoken on
several occasions with the captain
who oversees Troup G, which
includes Hoke County, and efforts
are being made to find a trooper to
bring the county's compliment to
full strength at four,
Hoke County might also be in
line for a graduate from the
highway patrol academy in Feb
| ruary, however, there is no guaran
tee, Cardwell said, noting this
year's graduating class is smaller
than usual.
"We think we will probably find
someone before February," he
added.
Hoke County's problem is not
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There's still time for entering the
Raeford Merchants Association's
Christmas Parade, scheduled for
Saturday, December 1 1 , starting at
2 p.m.
The forms should be mailed to
the Parade Committee, P.O.
) Drawer H, Raeford, 28376.
unique.
Statewide, the highway patrol is
200 men short and new graduates
will be assigned where they are
most needed. Department of Crime
Control and Public Safety spokes
man Russ Edmonston said.
Despite the shortages, efforts by
the patrol to cover rural roads have
paid off.
There have been 197 fewer
fatalities in the state this year than
last, Edmonston said.
"We'll assign troopers where the
need is the greatest," he said.
In Hoke County, patrol hours
have been cut, and the three
on-duty troopers are working
longer hours with lengthy "on call"
service, supervisor Sgt. Delbert
Minshew said.
Currently the county is being
patrolled by troopers R.V. Lee.
Ken Weston and Bill Bowden.
i
In addition to patrolling duties,
the three officers must also follow
up on license revocation cases and
other administrative duties that
pull them off of the highways.
And, two troopers must cover the
entire county when one of the unit
is on vacation.
When Stanley left Hoke County
for the Asheville area, Minshew
said he believed the trooper would
be replaced within a few weeks.
After eight months, no replace
ment has yet been found. Minshew
said.
"We definitely need four men.
That's what we have been assigned,
and we need them," Minshew said.
If Hoke County does not find a
line officer to fill the vacancy, it
could be September 1983 before
another academy graduate is avail
able, Cardwell said.
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