On Friday, February 3, 2012 at 1:12 P.M., officers of the Henderson Police Department Patrol Division responded to the intersection of East Andrews Avenue and Clark Street in response to a traffic accident. When officers arrived, they found Rosco Williams, 50, 579 Shocco Springs Rd., Warrenton lying in the roadway.
Witnesses indicate that Williams was traveling East on Andrews Avenue and was operating a 2009 Gator moped wrecklessly. Williams fell from the moped and was struck by a 1999 Ford truck being operated by Linwood Allen Cole, 53, 4167 Fairport Road, Kittrell. Cole swerved to the right in an attempt to miss Williams however he was struck by a trailer being pulled behind the vehicle.
Williams was transported to Maria Parham Medical Center and later died as a result of injuries received.