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WEEKLY COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER
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The Weaverville Tribune
Feb 26 - Mar 4, 2009 Vol. 7 No. 9 Woodfin • Weaverville • Barnardsville Fifty Cents
Motorcycle crash claims one life
By Matt Tate
A dangerous curve near the
Buncombe County line claimed
BlackHawks enjoy
the life of a Weaverville man Friday
evening (Feb. 20).
Jeremey Rice, 23, of Weaverville,
was killed Friday evening when the
successful week
2002 Honda sports bike he was
riding collided head-on with a
minivan.
Three join teammate at
The wreck happened about 7:30
pm on Flint Hill Road off Jupiter
Road, N.C. State Highway Patrol
Mars Hill College ........... pg. 2
trooper Brandon Miller said. Mill-
er said it appeared Rice attempted
to pass another vehicle when he
struck the minivan driven by Em- Miracle shot extends
ily Marler, 20, of Alexander.
The accident occurred near
state playoff run ............ pg. 3
where Flint Hill Road splits from
Jupiter Road at the Madison
County/Buncombe County bor-
der. The road is straight, but hilly,
and Miller estimated Rice was
Rice finishes career
traveling 50 miles per hour when
he passed the vehicle on a double with state title ................ pg. 4
yellow line.
Rice, 23, was pronounced dead
at the scene. He was wearing a
helmet. No one was injured in
JV team achieves
the minivan, and no charges were
filed in the accident. The Jupiter
Fire Department assisted on the
historical mark .............pg. 11
This is the area where Weaverville resident Jeremey Rice
scene.
lost his life.

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