116th Year, 36th Issue Thursday, April 14, 2005 Sparta, North Carolina

Fatal accident reported

A former Sparta resident living in North Wilkesboro was killed in a car accident Monday night, according to a draft report filed by Trooper J.E. Gooch the N.C. Highway Patrol.

According to the report, Roger Lee Neugent, 36, was traveling east on state road 2355 at 7:51 p.m. when his 1997 Ford Class II vehicle entered a curve at an unsafe speed.

The vehicle entered a curve at an unsafe speed and travelled off the right shoulder and struck a barbed wire fence, the report said. The Ford then continued through the fence and struck a utility pole and flipped numerous times, ejecting the driver. The Ford finally came top rest facing west, while the driver came to rest a short distance away. According to the report, Wilkes Emergency Medical Services responded to the scene. However, Wilkes Medical Examiner David Culler could not be reached by presstime. Funeral arrangements were incomplete on Tuesday.

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