A former Scotland County school board member was killed this week when his car was struck by a logging truck in Moore County.

Horace Myers, 80, of Laurinburg, was transported to FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital on Wednesday where he was declared dead on arrival from injuries sustained in the afternoon wreck, according to Firefox Police Chief Mike Campbell.

Also in the vehicle was Nelma McLeod, 88, of Norman. She was taken by helicopter UNC Hospitals Chapel Hill.

McLeod was in critical but stable condition Wednesday afternoon, Campbell said, but hospital officials would not give the Firefox police an update on her condition and have since only told officers the 88-year old woman is still alive.

Myer was traveling west on Foxfire Road in a silver 2004 Dodge Intrepid, coming to a complete stop at a stop sign at the road's intersections with Hoffman Road, Campbell said. Myer pulled out in front of an 18-wheeler transporting logs that was traveling north and his vehicle was struck on the driver's side.

The Intrepid, valued at $10,000, was destroyed while the truck sustained minimal damage, Campbell said.

The truck's driver, 58-year old Hurley Saunders, of Seagrove, sustained minor injuries.

The intersection has proved problematic in the past. The accident occurred in Firefox, a village of 474, about 35 miles north Laurinburg.

"We've had a few accidents here, but this is the first fatality that I know of and I've been here ten years," Campbell said.

The Firefox police chief said the issue is not that visibility is obscured by objects near the intersection, rather, the road curves just prior to the intersection, making it difficult to see oncoming vehicles.

"You have to pay attention," Campbell said.

Several Laurinburg residents said the former school board member was a pillar of the community and will be missed by many.

"(Myers death) is a big blow to Scotland County," Clerk of Court Philip McRae said. "There will be a big void with him gone."

Mac McInnis, president of the Laurinburg Kiwanis Club, remembered Myers as a loyal club member.

"At our meetings, there was a group of us that ate together most times and we always enjoyed his fellowship," McInnis said. "He was a real good club member and always did his part."

McInnis said it was a shock when he heard of Myers passing.

"When I first heard, I couldn't believe it," McInnis said.

Bob McNeil, a longtime friend of Myers who served with him on the school board, agreed that Myers was an integral part of the Kiwanis Club, having been there for 40 years.

"Anytime we had an outing or a cookout or anywhere, Horace was always first in line - he loved his eating," McNeil said.

He noted that Myers had excellent attendance to club meetings and recently took over responsibilities for raising funds for scholarships.

McNeil said he had trouble believing that Myers had died as he had just spoken with him the Thursday before.

"I guess the biggest thing that struck me that you don't ever know when you wake up in the morning what the outcome is going to be of the day," McNeil said.

Myers was elected to the Scotland County Board of Education in 1970, serving two terms on the board. He also served on the Morehead Scholarships Committee for the University of North Carolina.