By Micheal Chukwuebuka, Reporting
HOLLYWOOD actor Herbert Coward, popularly known for his “Toothless Man” role in the movie “Deliverance”, died in a crash on a western North Carolina highway.
North Carolina Highway Patrol Sgt. M.J. Owens, on Thursday, said the crash happened Wednesday afternoon as Coward, 85, and Bertha Brooks, 78, left a doctor’s appointment.
Stonix News reports that Coward pulled out onto U.S. Route 19 in front of a pickup truck, which hit his car.
Coward and Brooks as well as a Chihuahua and pet squirrel were killed in the crash.
The 16-year-old truck driver was taken to a hospital as a precaution.
Officials, however, do not believe speed or distraction were factors in the crash.
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