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Sunday, July 13, 2008 11:12 PM
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By Steve Huffman
shuffman@salisburypost.com
BOSTIAN HEIGHTS — A man thrown from a car in a Saturday evening wreck on Old Beatty Ford Road died.
Mark McKibben, 39, of Rockwell, was pronounced dead at Carolinas Medical Center-NorthEast at 8:35 p.m. Saturday, according to Trooper M.T. Eason of the N.C. Highway Patrol.
The accident, which occurred a little more than a mile east of Old Beatty Ford's intersection with Old Concord Road, was reported at 7:27 p.m.
The 2002 Toyota Camry in which McKibben was riding was heading west on Old Beatty Ford Road when it ran off the right side of the road. The driver over-corrected, Eason said, the car crossing the center line and flipping before coming to rest on the left side of the highway.
Eason said excessive speed did not appear to be a factor. Nor was alcohol involved, he said.
Eason said he's still working to determine if McKibben was the car's driver. Also in the car was McKibben's fiance, Amy McCommons, 28, of Kannapolis, and her two children, ages 4 and 8.
McCommons was in good condition Sunday at Carolinas Medical Center-NorthEast. The children weren't injured.
Eason said everyone in the car except McKibben was wearing a seat belt.
"We know he was ejected," Eason said of McKibben. "As to who was the driver, we're still not sure."
Eason said he asked McCommons who was driving. "She recalls nothing of the accident," he said.
The car plowed into a chain-link fence at Robert Ashby's house in the 6900 block of Old Beatty Ford Road. McKibben was thrown several feet west of the car.
The road was closed for a couple of hours as a result of the accident.
Ashby said traffic along the road is a constant headache for those who live in the area.
"I've been trying for 20 years to get 'em to cut the speed limit and enforce it," Ashby said. "It's 55 (mph) and it ought to be 35 (mph)."
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Mark was a great cousin : Tuesday, July 22, 2008 7:45 PM
Mark you will be greatly missed by all who new you. Your Mom, Brother, Amy, and the kids. Are in our prayers. We will miss you greatly.
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M. Boone
Mark was a good friend : Friday, July 18, 2008 5:37 PM
Mark will be missed by all who knew him ...I worked with Mark for a long time at food Lion In Troy...And he will be missed by All !
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Jamie
negative comments are not needed : Wednesday, July 16, 2008 7:34 PM
These are my very best friends. Negative comments really are not necessary. It is a tragic thing. The families are going through a very hard time. I don't know who is saying that they witnessed this, but Mark was not driving, and there is proof of this. There was no fault in this accident. It was just a freak accident, and we lost a loved one. Please have a little respect.
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Laura Jordan
wow... : Tuesday, July 15, 2008 11:57 AM
I'm a friend of Mark's from Troy. I've known him as long as I can remember and I'm in shock over this news I just recieved. Amy and his family are in my prayers.
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Kim
Mark will be missed : Tuesday, July 15, 2008 11:04 AM
He was a wonderful person. How can anyone make jokes of an accident. He and his family will be in our prayers
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Andy Whaley
Does it matter? : Monday, July 14, 2008 9:57 PM
Does it really matter who was driving at this point? Mark was my friend, and now he's gone.He was a good guy. He'll be missed.
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re:Kevin : Monday, July 14, 2008 12:42 PM
So you think YOU can drive, huh? What do you do Drive for EVERYONE? and you must post ONLY when you see a accident listed...cuz its the same thing, you complain about people NOT Paying Attention and talking on Cells, do you drive around town and watch people and guess which one is gonna have a accident and SEE them talking on cell phone? I DONT THINK so, SO get off that subject that EVERY accident is caused by people talk on cells!
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I'm Kevin and I CAN drive.
35 would be stupid. : Monday, July 14, 2008 9:15 AM
What a stupid thing to do; that is , not to wear a seat belt. And a 35 mph limit would be stupid--the recommended speed on the caution sign for that curve is close to that speed anyway. Ashby probably just can't drive (even with all his practice) and thinks everyone else can't. Anyone can if they will just PAY ATTENTION and get off the phone or the dinner table or their computer or WHAT THE HECK EVER you're doing besides driving.
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JM Shoe jr.
: Monday, July 14, 2008 7:45 AM
You need to contact my x- wife. She witnessed the entire accident and said mckibben was definately driving the car. Her name is Stacy Bradshaw.
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Pulaski
So, whoe else might have been driving? : Monday, July 14, 2008 5:32 AM
So, everyone in the car apart from McKibben was belted in, but they aren't sure who was driving, right? ..... Did the car have two steering wheels and sets of pedals?
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