THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Wednesday, May 3, 1995 TAG: 9505030441
SECTION: LOCAL PAGE: B1 EDITION: NORTH CAROLINA
SOURCE: BY PAUL SOUTH, STAFF WRITER
DATELINE: SKYCO LENGTH: Short : 37 lines
A rain-slick roadway may have been a factor in a Tuesday morning accident that killed a 31-year-old Wanchese man, North Carolina Highway Patrol officials said.
Aaron William Etheridge was killed about 8:50 a.m. when the 1992 Mitsubishi truck he was driving clipped the rear of another vehicle, struck a culvert and went airborne, flipped and landed on its roof. Etheridge was dead at the scene.
The driver of the other vehicle, a 1985 Chevrolet Blazer, was not hurt. Etheridge was traveling in the northbound lane near Skyco when the wreck occurred.
``I think it (rain) played a role in this,'' said Trooper W.A. Joyner.
More rain is expected in the next few days. Joyner said drivers should exercise greater caution when driving in wet weather.
``I wish people would slow down,'' he said. ``They should increase the following distance between them and other vehicles, and reduce their speed.''
The Dare County Sheriff's Department, along with Dare County Emergency Medical Services and the Manteo Police Department, assisted troopers in the investigation. ILLUSTRATION: Color photo by DREW C. WILSON, Staff
Rain is believed to have contributed to the accident that left Aaron
William Etheridge dead, a state trooper says.
KEYWORDS: ACCIDENT TRAFFIC FATALITY DEATH by CNB