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3 Men Hurt As Wrecker Takes PlungeOne of two wrecker trucks that came together on XJ. S. 21 on the northern edge of the Charleston city limits early Monday plunged over a 75-foot embankment and injured its three occupants.The mishap produced a police court summons for one of the drivers, Edward Eugene Gravely of 1102 Copenhaver Dr.* * *GRAVELY, whose wrecker -sideswiped the other while attempting to pass, was charged with crossing the double dividingAccident Prevention Patrolman O. E. Thaxton said the mishap occurred about 10 a.m.; He said that as Gravely attempted to pass a wrecker , driven by Dennis Daniels, 20, :of 3981 Dunbar Ave.» Dunbar, he saw a ear approaching and cut back.The Impact threw Daniels’ vehicle out of control over the embankment.■ Daniels was admitted to Charleston General Hospital with multiple face cuts, head, arm and knee injuries.- TWo passengers in the wrecker with Daniels, Milton Mullins, IS, and Bill Weese, 18, both of Sanderson, suffered minor face cuts.
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Charleston Gazette
Charleston, West Virginia, US
Tue, Jan 13, 1959
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