One Waynesboro man was killed and another suffered cuts and bruises when a sedan crashed a guard rail and plunged 50 feet down an embankment on Route 151, near Bryant in Nelson county, last night at 11:20, overturned several times and smashed against a concrete culvert.
State Trooper C. C. Bennington, of Lovingston, said Emerson Ovander Harrison, 26, of 153 North Charlotte Ave., was thrown out of the car by the impact and apparently died instantly.
His companion, Francis Page Norvell, 28, of 119 Crompton Road, Blue Ridge Court, was injured and remained under treatment at Waynesboro Community Hospital. The state trooper said his injuries were not considered serious.
Bennington added that Harris had been the driver of the vehicle and that he had been thrown clear of the wreck after it crashed the guard rail and started down the embankment.
The trooper said that according to best information he could receive Harris had been blinded by the lights of an oncoming car and had lost control of the automobile in which he was driving.
Norvell returned to his home here last night, but this morning he had to be taken to the hospital. His condition is reported to be satisfactory.
The body of Mr. Harris was removed to a funeral home in Lynchburg last night but will be brought to the Etter's Funeral Home here sometime today.
Mr. Harris was born December 21, 1920, at Faber, the son of James S. and Ada Mae Butler Harris. He had been employed at the du Pont plant here since 1940 and was a veteran of World War II, having served 31 months in the Pacific.
He is survived by his wife, Winifred Hatter Harris, whom he married Sept. 5, and his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Harris of Schuyler. Also surviving are one sister, Miss Martha Harris, of Washington, and four brothers, Benjamin, Washington; Wickliff, Waverly; Rockwell and Henselwood, of Waynesboro.
Funeral services will be held Sunday at 2 p.m at the Second Presbyterian Church. Services will be conducted by Rev. H. E. Truitt and interment will be in Riverview Cemetery.
Waynesboro News Virginian-date of paper: December 20, 1946
State Trooper C. C. Bennington, of Lovingston, said Emerson Ovander Harrison, 26, of 153 North Charlotte Ave., was thrown out of the car by the impact and apparently died instantly.
His companion, Francis Page Norvell, 28, of 119 Crompton Road, Blue Ridge Court, was injured and remained under treatment at Waynesboro Community Hospital. The state trooper said his injuries were not considered serious.
Bennington added that Harris had been the driver of the vehicle and that he had been thrown clear of the wreck after it crashed the guard rail and started down the embankment.
The trooper said that according to best information he could receive Harris had been blinded by the lights of an oncoming car and had lost control of the automobile in which he was driving.
Norvell returned to his home here last night, but this morning he had to be taken to the hospital. His condition is reported to be satisfactory.
The body of Mr. Harris was removed to a funeral home in Lynchburg last night but will be brought to the Etter's Funeral Home here sometime today.
Mr. Harris was born December 21, 1920, at Faber, the son of James S. and Ada Mae Butler Harris. He had been employed at the du Pont plant here since 1940 and was a veteran of World War II, having served 31 months in the Pacific.
He is survived by his wife, Winifred Hatter Harris, whom he married Sept. 5, and his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Harris of Schuyler. Also surviving are one sister, Miss Martha Harris, of Washington, and four brothers, Benjamin, Washington; Wickliff, Waverly; Rockwell and Henselwood, of Waynesboro.
Funeral services will be held Sunday at 2 p.m at the Second Presbyterian Church. Services will be conducted by Rev. H. E. Truitt and interment will be in Riverview Cemetery.
Waynesboro News Virginian-date of paper: December 20, 1946
One Waynesboro man was killed and another suffered cuts and bruises when a sedan crashed a guard rail and plunged 50 feet down an embankment on Route 151, near Bryant in Nelson county, last night at 11:20, overturned several times and smashed against a concrete culvert.
State Trooper C. C. Bennington, of Lovingston, said Emerson Ovander Harrison, 26, of 153 North Charlotte Ave., was thrown out of the car by the impact and apparently died instantly.
His companion, Francis Page Norvell, 28, of 119 Crompton Road, Blue Ridge Court, was injured and remained under treatment at Waynesboro Community Hospital. The state trooper said his injuries were not considered serious.
Bennington added that Harris had been the driver of the vehicle and that he had been thrown clear of the wreck after it crashed the guard rail and started down the embankment.
The trooper said that according to best information he could receive Harris had been blinded by the lights of an oncoming car and had lost control of the automobile in which he was driving.
Norvell returned to his home here last night, but this morning he had to be taken to the hospital. His condition is reported to be satisfactory.
The body of Mr. Harris was removed to a funeral home in Lynchburg last night but will be brought to the Etter's Funeral Home here sometime today.
Mr. Harris was born December 21, 1920, at Faber, the son of James S. and Ada Mae Butler Harris. He had been employed at the du Pont plant here since 1940 and was a veteran of World War II, having served 31 months in the Pacific.
He is survived by his wife, Winifred Hatter Harris, whom he married Sept. 5, and his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Harris of Schuyler. Also surviving are one sister, Miss Martha Harris, of Washington, and four brothers, Benjamin, Washington; Wickliff, Waverly; Rockwell and Henselwood, of Waynesboro.
Funeral services will be held Sunday at 2 p.m at the Second Presbyterian Church. Services will be conducted by Rev. H. E. Truitt and interment will be in Riverview Cemetery.
Waynesboro News Virginian-date of paper: December 20, 1946
State Trooper C. C. Bennington, of Lovingston, said Emerson Ovander Harrison, 26, of 153 North Charlotte Ave., was thrown out of the car by the impact and apparently died instantly.
His companion, Francis Page Norvell, 28, of 119 Crompton Road, Blue Ridge Court, was injured and remained under treatment at Waynesboro Community Hospital. The state trooper said his injuries were not considered serious.
Bennington added that Harris had been the driver of the vehicle and that he had been thrown clear of the wreck after it crashed the guard rail and started down the embankment.
The trooper said that according to best information he could receive Harris had been blinded by the lights of an oncoming car and had lost control of the automobile in which he was driving.
Norvell returned to his home here last night, but this morning he had to be taken to the hospital. His condition is reported to be satisfactory.
The body of Mr. Harris was removed to a funeral home in Lynchburg last night but will be brought to the Etter's Funeral Home here sometime today.
Mr. Harris was born December 21, 1920, at Faber, the son of James S. and Ada Mae Butler Harris. He had been employed at the du Pont plant here since 1940 and was a veteran of World War II, having served 31 months in the Pacific.
He is survived by his wife, Winifred Hatter Harris, whom he married Sept. 5, and his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Harris of Schuyler. Also surviving are one sister, Miss Martha Harris, of Washington, and four brothers, Benjamin, Washington; Wickliff, Waverly; Rockwell and Henselwood, of Waynesboro.
Funeral services will be held Sunday at 2 p.m at the Second Presbyterian Church. Services will be conducted by Rev. H. E. Truitt and interment will be in Riverview Cemetery.
Waynesboro News Virginian-date of paper: December 20, 1946
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