A car crashed over Toxaway Falls at 3:30 on Friday afternoon!  

A 1957 Ford was sent plummeting off the roadway after a fiery explosion.

This was all part of the filming of “The Whippoorwill”, starring Robert Mitchum.  

The movie was released on May 10, 1958 under the title “Thunder Road”.

Transylvania Times, September 5, 1957