Tuesday, January 6, 2015

GRAVEL TRUCK HIT AND KILLED A 79-YEAR-OLD WOMAN. THE TRUCK WAS DELIVERING GRAVEL TO THE VICTIM’S HOME.



GRAVEL TRUCK HIT AND KILLED A 79-YEAR-OLD WOMAN.  THE TRUCK WAS DELIVERING GRAVEL TO THE VICTIM’S HOME.






Cherryville, N.C.



By Lauren Baheri



Published: Monday, January 5, 2015 at 11:50 AM.




A woman was killed Monday morning in what police are calling a tragic accident involving a gravel truck.




Investigators say the work truck hit and killed the woman at her home on Sellerstown Road south of Cherryville. 




According to police, Betty Braswell Still, 79, was in front of the truck, and the driver, Dana Leonard Poston, 53, did not see her. 




The truck is owned by Kerns Trucking in Grover. 




The company was delivering gravel to Still’s home for her driveway.



A call was made to emergency officials shortly after 10:30 a.m.