67-year-old woman killed after car hits embankment, flips

Friday, Jan. 5, 2007

By Marcie Young
Charlotte Observer Staff Writer

A Linville woman died on a short stretch of highway in Caldwell County on Thursday when her car hit an embankment and flipped, authorities said.

Kathleen Bowman, 67, was driving her 2001 Jeep Cherokee north on U.S. 221 about 9:45 a.m. when she rounded a curve, hit a patch of black ice and swerved off the left side of the highway, said Highway Patrol Trooper J.D. Boone.

Bowman hit an embankment, which flipped the car and crushed the roof, Boone said. She was dead when authorities arrived, he said. Boone said Bowman was wearing a seat belt and not speeding. No other passengers were in the car, and no other vehicles were involved in the wreck, he said.

U.S. 221 runs for less than two miles through the most northwestern corner of Caldwell County, between Avery and Watauga counties.


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