Whichard v. . Lipe

Civil action to recover damages for wrongful death resulting from an alleged collision between an oil trailer tank truck being operated by plaintiff's deceased and a truck belonging to the defendant.

The oil truck being driven by Whichard, plaintiff's intestate, was found on the Fayetteville-Sanford highway in Harnett County. It had run into a culvert under the road causing the tank trailer to turn over on the cab. As a result it caught fire. Plaintiff's intestate was in the truck at the time and was burned to death. Another truck belonging to defendant was three or four hundred feet north of…