The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-07-20
PRINCE PICNATELLI HURT
IN MIDNIGHT AUTO CRASH
His Car and That Of Brooklyn
Party Collide at Curve
in Merrick Road.

FEerpoRr, l.. l.. July .?.--Prnce Ludo-
VIC Plgnatelli d'Aragon OF spain. once
notsl in Manhattan for his fashionable
ralment. was injured perhaps seriously
in an automobile collision In Ncrrick road
mile to the east OF Merrick SHORTY
after midnight this morning.
He was returning alone from Babylon,
where he had been visiting Or A, W. Mae.
close friend His car, a low hung
French racing machine. struck an auto
mobile owned by T.. V. OCunnell OF 1882
SiXtleth street. Brooklyn. In the O'Con-
nell automobile besides the owner was his
wife, Mrs O'Conuell: his son. John, and
Mrs. II. Yeager. also OF Brooklyn. They
were on their way 20 Massapequa, where
they had planned TO spend the summer.
The cars met "A few feet ~ the west OF
the New Bridge road The Prince was
thrown AGAINST n tree. lie received three
broken ribs. decorations of the chin and
face and painful bruises. He wac taken
20 his home at Hampstead Boulevard by
FRANKLIN G. Hill of Merrick, where he Is
under the care OF physicians
Mr. O'Conuell. who was riding In the front
seat with his son. was hurled through the
broken windshield of his machine and
landed in the roadway. He received four
broken ribs. double fractures of the knee
caps and lacerations Of the body and
limbs lie was brought to the CONNER
cial Hotel at Freeport, where he was at
tended by Dr. william II. Runcie. Mrs.
Yeagcr was thrown clear OF the wreckage
and severely bruised
The OConnell party remained at the
hotel during the night and this morning
Mr. OConnell was taken to the Nassau
Hospital. where he Is in serious condi-
tion. Doctors at the hospital stated that
/ To-, ~ hA p-in ha
MANNED for life.
There Is sharp turn In the highway
about a hundred yards to the west OF the
spot where the accident occurred The
O'Connell car, moving at fair rate from
the west. came into View as the Prince
was preparing 20 negotiate the curve.
According to the OConnells. the Prince
was driving uncertainty, swcrving to
either side OF the road The Prince says
the other machine was on the wrong side
of the road.
As the cars approached each other they
zigzaggcd to the north and south in an
effort to avoid the glare of the powerful
headlights. The Prince says he main
tanned his course as PAR ne he could,
Prince dAragon. who has been in the
city for five years has figured in speed
violation arrests, his latest having been
last June, when he was fined s2j. lie
also has been injured in automobile acci-
dents having suffered six broken ribs
about year ago. He also was severely
injured last autumn in an automobile coll
lson in Central Park Another accident
which incapacitated him for stsnc time
happened in a polo match NJ Hot Sprngs
Va. when he was thrown from his horse
and was compelled to wear n cast for
months.
When in the city The Prince lives at the
l. RU2-Carlton Hotel and is we'll known as
m artist He is an enthusiastic sports
man and it was on that account that he
was expelled from France having vio-
lated the game laws in 1910. When he re-
turned to Paris the following year he
was served with an order % expulsion
When the Prince returned 10 the United
States he was held at Ellis Island for
Ave days before he was permitted to enter
the country.