Siloam North Carolina Car Insurance

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The DC-6 was one of two aircraft substituted for a Boeing 707 which had incurred mechanical difficulty. En route to Miami the aircraft disintegrated in flight. Portions of the wreckage fell near Kura Beach and the major wreckage fell about 13 miles West of Kura Beach. It appeared that a dynamite explosion had occurred which was detonated by means of dry cell batteries. The explosion occurred near the right of seat row 7.

It is believed that a passenger named Julian Frank committed suicide when he set off the bomb in his lap or under his seat. Frank was under investigation for fraud and embezzlement and had purchased life insurance policies worth $1 million before the crash. Given the similarities to the National 967 crash two months earlier, however, others suspect that Frank may have been innocent and was unaware that he was carrying a bomb. No one was charged in either case and the two crashes remain mysterious to this day.

Though not as high in fatalities, the sheer numbers of victims was high for the Siloam Bridge Collapse in 1975. Remarkable was the number of victims rescued given the incident, time of night, and the weather problems that evening. Several fire departments and rescue squads (from Yadkin, Surry and Forsyth Counties) won the “Order of the Long Leaf Pine” from then Gov. Holshouser for their actions on that nite. About 9:25 p.m. on February 23, 1975, an automobile struck a vital structural member of the Yadkin River Bridge near Siloam, North Carolina. The collision occurred in heavy fog. Following the impact, the bridge collapsed and both the automobile and the bridge fell into the river. Six more vehicles vaulted into the collapse zone within a 17-minute period. Four-persons were killed and 16 were injured.

Well… go ahead and add today’s crash here in Charlotte to your list. It is still unconfirmed how many were onboard of the Cessna, I’ve heard conflicting numbers. At least 2 dead.

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