Racing Legend Dies Of Self-Inflicted Gunshot Wound

Retired racing legend Dick Trickle died Thursday, reports the Lincoln County, NC  sheriff’s office.

Authorities say dispatch received a call around noon on Thursday, apparently from Trickle himself, who said, “There would be a dead body and it would be his.” The Lincoln County Communication Center tried to place a return call to the number, but there wasn’t an answer.

First responders arrived at the scene, the Forest Lawn Cemetery on Highway 150 East in Boger City, to find Trickle’s body lying near his pickup truck.

The Sheriff’s Office says Trickle died from an “apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound”. He was 71.

By: Cheston Catalano

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