03/28/2024
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Bladen County has experienced its first motor vehicle fatality of 2017 when the driver of a motorcycle was killed in a crash on Sunday afternoon.  Daniel Christopher Walters, 46, of Mears Road, Clarkton, lost his life when his 2002 Harley Davidson crossed the center line and struck a transfer truck head-on, according to the North Carolina Highway Patrol.

The crash ocurred on US 701 near Taylor Manufacturing at about 4:22 p.m. according to the North Carolina Highway Patrol. James Ladell Baker of Dunn was driving a Waccamaw Transport truck south on US 701 and Walters was traveling north on US 701 on his Harley Davidson motorcycle. Walters crossed the center line and struck the transport truck head-on and was ejected from the motorcycle.

The crash was investigated by Trooper A. Russ.

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