Roxboro and Geer accident on Friday afternoon

From a posting by Steve Graff, president of the Old North Durham Neighborhood Association, this afternoon, to several local listservs:

I was just driving back home from a quick trip downtown and came across an bad accident scene at Roxboro and Geer. Roxboro north of that point was blocked off, as was Geer to the East. The entire Northeast corner was blocked off with police cars and crime scene tape.

It appears that a large pickup truck hit an older blue sedan. The sedan appeared to have had it's top cut off. It looked like it was hit in the center of the car on the passenger side with tremendous force. From the best that I could determine, the police at the scene were performing an investigation, taking measurements. I did not see any civilians who might have been the occupants of either vehicle.

I would be surprised if the occupants of the blue sedan survived. It really looked that bad.

Steve has a photo on his blog too.


The Durham Herald-Sun reports that - "According to Michael, An El Camino that was eastbound on Geer and a Chevrolet pickup that was northbound on North Roxboro collided in the intersection.

The El Camino apparently went through a red light, according to police investigators.

The female driver of the El Camino and a 9-year-old boy passenger in the car were trapped and extricated with the so-called "Jaws of Life." "