- The actor attempted to turn onto US Route 23 Highway in North Carolina but was unable to yield the right of way as the vehicle was hit by an oncoming truck
- Coward's silver Nissan contained his girlfriend Bertha Brooks, as well as his pet squirrel and chihuahua, as all four died in the accident
- He is best known for his role in the adventure film Deliverance, in which he played one of two sadistic mountain men and became known as “Toothless Man”.
Herbert Coward – best known for his role as Toothless in the 1972 classic film “Deliverance” – died at the age of 74 in a car accident alongside a friend and his beloved pet chihuahua and squirrel after being struck by a 16-year-old. a year-old driver had been hit.
The actor attempted to turn onto U.S. Route 23 Highway from a doctor's office in Haywood County, North Carolina, but refused to yield the right of way when the vehicle was struck by an oncoming truck, law enforcement officials told FOX Carolina on Wednesday .
According to their police sources, both the driver and passenger as well as the two pets died after the collision.
Coward's silver Nissan contained his girlfriend Bertha Brooks, as well as his pet squirrel and chihuahua, as all four died in the accident.
Herbert Coward died this week at age 74 in a car accident in North Carolina along with a friend and his beloved pet chihuahua and squirrel
The actor (pictured left) is best known for his role as Toothless in the 1972 classic film Deliverance
State troopers told the publication that the other driver involved in the collision was a 16-year-old who was later taken to the hospital for evaluation after the crash.
Law enforcement authorities did not provide any further information about her condition.
The teen was not charged because police determined no crime was committed.
As already mentioned, Coward is best known for his role in the adventure film Deliverance, in which he played one of two sadistic mountain men. Because he was missing his front teeth, he became known as the “Toothless Man.”
In perhaps the film's most famous scene, his character and his fellow hillbilly fuck a man in front of his friend, who was tied to a tree in the woods.
Many of Coward's lines from the film have become infamous in pop culture.
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