September 17, 1979

Two injured in accidents

       Two persons received minor injuries in two accidents investigated by Johnson County sheriff’s officials Saturday and Sunday. Vicki Lassiter, 33, Mooresville, received slight head and neck injuries in the Sunday accident at 3:30p.m. at Fairview Road and Leisure Lane in White River Township. She was a passenger in a car driven by Harry W. Lassiter, 33, also of Mooresville, that was struck by another vehicle driven by Jennifer L. Brewer, 16, 807 Leisure Lane, Greenwood. The Brewer vehicle had brake problems, according to Johnson County Sheriff’s reports. In the Saturday wreck at 11:30p.m. on State Road 37, eight miles south of County Line Road in White River Township, another passenger, Zola Buntzol, 60, received minor injuries to her knees. She was riding in a 1966 model sedan driven by Albert Eugene Thompson, 58, Indianapolis that was struck in the rear by a 1070 model hardtop driven by Donald Lee Mack, 17, Indianapolis. Police said Mack fell asleep at the wheel.  (Reprinted with permission from the Daily Journal)
   
 

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