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14A TCy 7" YZV Ashewfo Citizen. Thursday, Dec. 27. 1 990 Memories Of Hit-And-Run Incident linger On For Victims After 2 Years dead ends. Many of them came after NBC aired a segment on the accident on "Unsolved Mysteries." "After the television show, there was a tremendous response from aO over the country," Isley said.

"We systematically went through each one, and we will continue to do so until the case is solved. "We've interviewed people from Canada to Florida, but we have not found anything that would connect them to this particular incident" The two years have passed quickly for Darius Bannerman, one of the students in the wrecked car. He suffered a fractured skull and broken wrist Now, he is studying pre-med at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. "Everything is starting to fit back together now, and it was an experience in never forget, but things are going pretty good for me now," he said After seeing the television program, Bannerman, 19, said many college friends asked him about the crash. "I wanted to talk about it so it wasnt that bad," he said.

"I dont mind talking about it now. It kind of helps." Experience is what Kenneth Newkirk has gained the most in the past two years. The youngest of the group, he graduated last year from Smith and just finished his first semester at North Carolina Central Th Associated PrajM GREENSBORO It's been two years of adjustment for three teenagers involved in a mysterious hit-and-run accident on Interstate 40, keeping the faith that the driver who changed their lives win be apprehended. On Dec. 23.

1988. Levers Allen III and three teen-age friends were driving to Raleigh to shop for Christmas gifts when a driver forced their car off 1-40 near Durham. Kenny Dungee, 19 and a Greensboro Smith High School senior, died in the wreck. The other three teen-agers have gone on with their Uvea. According to the teen-agers, the car in question was described as a dark blue Chevrolet, possibly a Monte Carlo.

It had been ungating the Allen car in the passing lane on Interstate 40. When the student's car sped up to evade the car, the unknown driver rammed them twice from behind and a third time as it switched lanes. The teen-ager's car spun out of control and flipped about one-half mile east of the Orange County line. "I think about it sometimes," said Allen, now a sophomore engineering student at Virginia Tech. "I have good days and bad days, but I dont have the bad days as often." Before the accident, Allen was a member of the ROTC at Smith, and he had hoped to attend the U.S.

Air Force Academy. "I miss the ROTC," said Allen, my I A fter the television show, there was a tremendous response from all over the country. We systematically went through each one. and will continue to do so until the case is solved. Highway Patrol spokesman Sgt.R.W.Uley who had his right leg amputated after the wreck.

"I enjoyed it because of the discipline and order and the way everything was done in an orderly fashion. I have friends in Saudi Arabia, and it makes me feel funny because that's what I wanted to do." A former lifeguard, Allen has adjusted to life and says he walks everywhere on campus without any problems. He keeps the faith that the driver will be caught So does Greg Scott, a private detective who still works on the case. "We will never be fully finished with the case until it's solved," Scott said. "Just recently, I saw a guy that fit the description.

I followed him and got his license number but it didn't turn out to be anything." Sgt R.W. Isley of the North Carolina Highway Patrol says the case is still open but most leads have been -AP Photo Hit-And-Run Victims Darius Bannerman, left, Kenneth Newkirk, Jr, rear, and Levern Allen III, right, all victims of a hit-and- run Incident, gathered over the holidays and are trying to get on with their lives. University in Durham. he said "I'm starting to really get back of his mind It took awhile for him to adjust into school now." (mow wnat i want to do now" after recovering from his broken leg Newkirk. a visual communica- te from mv uJ and fingers.

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