Staff report
LANDIS ó Frances Linn of Landis died today at Carolinas Medical Center of injuries sustained in a traffic accident in Hickory Saturday.
Her husband, prominent businessman D.C. Linn, died immediately after the accident.
The Catawba County Highway Patrol confirmed Frances Linn’s death this morning.
She and her husband were in Hickory Saturday visiting friends.
According to a wreck report filed Trooper R.E. Rudisill, Frances Linn was driving the couple’s 1999 Mazda. She and her husband were the only people in the vehicle.
She pulled into the path of an oncoming car while attempting to turn left into a parking lot at a traffic signal, the Highway Patrol reported.
Both vehicles had green lights. Since the Linns were turning left, their vehicle should have yielded to oncoming traffic.
The driver of the other vehicle, a 1987 Isuzu sport utility vehicle, slowed down. The SUV’s driver, Jason D. Carpenter of Claremont, could not stop in time.
The owner of the SUV, Jerry Caulder of Conover, was a passenger.
See Thursday’s Post for more details.