I recall several post about safety of vintage cars, but can't find them right off. Maybe they were in this thread? Anyway, I thought this was an interesting story and worth sharing here.
This wreck happened just down the road from where I live, and is still talked about all these years later. It took place in the early morning hours of 2 Dec 1944, and was at that time called "the worst automobile collision in North Carolina history."
The people in the cars were mostly service men home on leave and their girlfriends. They had been out visiting several night spots having a good time. The local story goes that each group left and went different ways, then decided they needed to get back together for some reason. Ironically, both cars turned around and drove as fast as they could trying to catch up to the other. They hit head-on at a place known (still today) as "bottom drop". Ten people were killed in the wreck. They said it was impossible to tell who was driving the cars. One was a '37 Ford and the other a '35 Chevy.
This wreck happened just down the road from where I live, and is still talked about all these years later. It took place in the early morning hours of 2 Dec 1944, and was at that time called "the worst automobile collision in North Carolina history."
The people in the cars were mostly service men home on leave and their girlfriends. They had been out visiting several night spots having a good time. The local story goes that each group left and went different ways, then decided they needed to get back together for some reason. Ironically, both cars turned around and drove as fast as they could trying to catch up to the other. They hit head-on at a place known (still today) as "bottom drop". Ten people were killed in the wreck. They said it was impossible to tell who was driving the cars. One was a '37 Ford and the other a '35 Chevy.