Cherokee Transportation Worker Killed in Head-On%2

Описание: CHEROKEE, N.C. -- A Tribal transportation worker was killed in a head-on wreck Tuesday morning.

It happened about 8 a.m. along Highway 19 in the Birdtown community.

Selena Taylor was getting ready for work when she heard the wreck. She left for work, but the road near Jenkins Grocery store was blocked by police.

"And when I pulled out here I could see a white truck over to the right a little bit in a grassy area," Taylor said. "Come to find out that was the gentleman that got hit."

Taylor says her daughter's boyfriend saw it happen and rushed to help him.

"And talked to him until EMS got there. And he said the motor was in his lap pretty much," Taylor says.

The Emergency Operations Center says the Tribal DOT truck collided with a Dodge SUV going in the opposite direction.

"From what I hear, they were going down the straight here in Birdtown and the car come over into their lane and hit them...sort of head on," says Sam Watty, a co-worker of the victim.

"Pretty cool. Easy to get along with," is how Watty described him.

A passenger in the Tribal DOT truck was not seriously hurt. The driver of the SUV was taken to Mission Hospital with minor injuries.

Cherokee police continue to investigate and are not releasing names at this time.

By Rex Hodge

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