Van-moped wreck on the 123 ByPass

The police believe a setting sun on the western horizon blinded the vision of a moped operator yesterday on the 123 Seneca ByPass and caused him to crash his bike into a stopped Ford transit van.  That van stopped for a red light at Pine Cliff Drive next to Applebee’s.  Novie Michael Phillips lay on the highway next to his demolished moped and was sent to the hospital with what Police Capt. McClure described as non-life threatening injuries.  The accident, reported shortly after 4 pm, resulted in a backup for traffic headed west on the four-lane highway.