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Atlanta Daily World
Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia
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Minor car accident on Cascade Rd early Saturday injured driver Harold Pruitt and passenger Miss Effie Nell Newsome slightly; vehicle hit utility pole and mailbox after being forced off road; Pruitt charged with lane violation.
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Two people were slightly injured early Saturday as the car in which they were riding chopped into a utility pole and knocked down a mail box on Cascade Rd. Injured were Miss Effie Nell Newsome and Harold Pruitt. Miss Newsome suffered lacerations of the forehead about 3:10 a.m. She was a passenger in a 1954 Chevrolet operated by Harold Pruitt, 38, 324 Raspberry Pl, Apt. 8 when the mishap occurred. Pruitt told police he was traveling east on Cascade when a car he was meeting forced him off the road. The car broke a utility pole, knocking it 10-feet, and ran down a mail box hurling it approximately 150-feet. The driver was charged with failing to remain in proper lane-accident. He was also treated at the hospital for lacerations to the forehead and injuries to the arm.
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Primary Location
Cascade Rd
Event Date
Early Saturday
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two people slightly injured: miss newsome with lacerations of the forehead; pruitt with lacerations to the forehead and injuries to the arm. pruitt charged with failing to remain in proper lane.
Event Details
Two people were slightly injured early Saturday as the car in which they were riding chopped into a utility pole and knocked down a mail box on Cascade Rd. Miss Newsome was a passenger in a 1954 Chevrolet operated by Harold Pruitt, 38, 324 Raspberry Pl, Apt. 8 when the mishap occurred about 3:10 a.m. Pruitt told police he was traveling east on Cascade when a car he was meeting forced him off the road. The car broke a utility pole, knocking it 10-feet, and ran down a mail box hurling it approximately 150-feet.