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Princeton.Pedestrian Killed By TruckKyle Brooks. 64. of Wilco, died at 6:55 p.m. Wednesday as a result of injuries received when he was struck by a truck earlier in the day. according to Trooper C.M. Turner of the McDowell detachment of the West Virginia State PoUce who is investigating the incident.Brooks was apparently trying to cross Rt. 103 halfway between Wilco and Havaco, when he was struck and run over by a 1979 Plymouth Arrow truck driven by Paul Mullins, 28, of Welch at about 4:15p.m.Mullins, who was traveling north on Rt. 103, came around a curve about a mile from Wilco and saw the victim, according to Turner. Although Mullins attempted to stop, Turner said, the truck skidded around and Brooks was hit by the rear of the truck and knocked about 46 feet The truck then ran over the victim, still traveling sideways, Turner added.No charges have been filed pending completion of the investigation.In an unrelated incident, a 12-year-old boy received minor injuries in a pedestrian-vehicle accident on the Old Bramwell Rd. Tuesday afternoon, according to Trooper L.J. McCarty of the Mercer County detachment of the West Virginia State Police.Michael Mustek of Rt. 4 Box 129, Bluefield, had been dropped off by a Midway Mission Day School bus. He apparently ran down an embankment and into the road, colliding with a 1978 Chevrolet driven by Dorothy Morgan, 43, of 283 Hobart St., Welch, McCarty said.The boy, who struck the side of the vehicle and hit his head on the windshield of the car, was treated for minor abrasions and released from Bluefield Community Hospital, according to McCarty.No charges have been filedFuneralsMUTTERBACK, Barbara Ana, 14, of 1624 KonceverteSt.: Today at 2 p.m. from the Mercer Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Ted Cook officiating. Burial will follow in Roselawn Memorial Gardens. Pallbearers: John Boyd, Billy Munsey, Donnie Lambert, William Hughes, Charlie Martin, Larry Farthing, Donald Johnson.HURLEY, Mrs. Minnie B., 55, of the Rock Trailer Court, Princeton: Today at 11 a.m. in the Bums Womal Chapel of the Memorial Funeral Directory with Rev. Allen Click officiating. Burial will follow m the Elgood Cemetery in Elgood. Pallbearers: Douglas Beeman, Tim Miller, Eddie Hurley, Steve Odell, Jack Petry, Billy Pendleton.PIERCE, Robert Dale, 75, of 2609 Clovis St., Bluefield:Today at 11 a.m. at Mercer Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Donald McNair officiating. Graveside services will be held at 1:30 p.m. at the Bethany Lutheran Cemetery at Cripple Creek, Va. Pallbearers will be Richard McLaughlin, Delmer Jones, Ernest Underwood, E. E. Comer, Otho Dixon, and N. B. Gordon.BaptI^andandficiatStacjGrunThi Virgi Grun 4:30 pGrtpallbdaugiUMIsRO audit Work and r indict jury c unionThlt; Rona Knox bezzh union an ai from 1979.Clt;A s Lewis there from which accidlt; Tuesc repor Teleg:LIi\SI
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Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Bluefield, West Virginia, US
Thu, Dec 13, 1979
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