Pilot killed as small jet crashes near Shelby runway
The pilot of a Polish Iskra jet died on approach to the Shelby airport. Authorities delayed naming the victim pending autopsy in Chapel Hill. Coroner Ralph Mitchem said the body was burned beyond recognition and a possible second person remains unconfirmed. Shelby Fire and Shelby Aviation explain the pilot was seeking wind conditions when contacting the hangar crew before the crash about 100 yards from the runway.
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Shelby
Ralph Mitchem
Cleveland County
Chapel Hill
Shelby Fire Department
Jake Whisnant
Iskra
Bill Orr
Shelby Aviation
Lee
Man shoots estranged wife and daughter then kills self
In Coleridge a 37 year old man Michael Charles Walker shot his estranged wife Sheryl Walker and their 14 year old daughter Kimberly before taking his own life. Kimberly died at UNC Hospitals and the couple's 12 year old son escaped with his sister and is staying with grandparents. Crisis counseling was planned at Eastern Randolph High and Coleridge Elementary.
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Greensboro
Randolph County
Michael Charles Walker
Sheryl
Coleridge
Kimberly Walker
UNC
Rick Andrews
Randolph County Sheriff's Department
Eastern Randolph High
Kimberly
Coleridge Elementary
Eastern Randolph
Janet Johnson
Johnson
Explosion at Lenoir furniture plant kills two, injures six
An explosion at the Broyhill Furniture plant near Lenoir shortly before 4 p.m. killed Bob Richardson and James Anderson and injured four others. Five people were hospitalized, including Sherry McFalls, with one man airlifted to UNC Hospitals in Chapel Hill. The fire heavily damaged the building as workers recalled a blazing flash and collapsing walls.
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Said
Caldwell Memorial Hospital
Bob Richardson
Jack Warlick
Richardson
James Anderson
UNC
Chapel Hill
Stephanie Yohe
Sherry McFalls
Lenoir
Caldwell Memorial
Winston-Salem Journal
Mike Sturgill
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Morehead
Division of Marine Fisheries
Fred Swain
Swain
Oral Assembly
Doug Freeman
NCFA
Jerry
DMF
David Redwine
D-Shallotte
Sturgill
U.S.D.A. Choice
Breyer
Gréer
Bret Ie
Pillsbury
Smithfield
Eta
N.R
Morehead City
Atlante Beach
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