The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1916-02-10
Mr.. and Mrs. Hicks are Run Down al
Sixth and ChOctaw; Woman is Drag
ged Some Distance; Injuries
May Be Serious
ALLEGED THAT AUTO
WAS ON WRONG SIDE
Not Going Over Twelve Miles Per Hour;
August Szempre Driver; Chief Phillips
VIII Ask Council to Take
Action

service car belonging to the o. X.
Bus and Cab company driven by Aug.
Sizemore, struck and bruised Mr.. and
Mrs. M. Hicks as they were starting .
across Choctaw avenua ait the corner
OF Sixth street at o'clock yesterday
evening Mrs. Hicks was thrown to
the paving and the car passed over
her, dragging her, it is alleged, from.
Is to 20 feet Mr.. Hicks was thrown
down and two wheels of the car pass
ed over one Of his feet.
The injured parties, Mr. and Mrs.
Hicks, were carried into the Central
hotel, where they live, and medica!
aid summoned. Mrs. Hicks was found
to have been severely, perhaps seri-
cusly bruised. Her right arm Is in
jured and she sustained two or more
severe cuts about the face, being rem
dered unconscious. An X-ray examin-
elton of the injured arm will be made
this afternoon in order that the serl
cusness of the injury to that member
may be determined.
Witnesses allege that the car, go
ing south on Sixth street, was ap-
preaching the corner Of Sixth and
Choctaw avenue at speed of approx
imately u miles an hour; that the
driver was to the left of the center OF
Sixth street and apparently starting
his machine on the turn into Choctaw
avenue when several feet north of the
street intersection; that the car
swerved into Choctaw avenue; that
the driver stated something was
wrong with his steering gear; that
Mr.. and Mrs. Hicks had started
across Choctaw; that they were well
to the left of the middle of the street
when the car struck them; that the
front wheels Of the car had struck
a brick lying to the left of the center
of Sixth street and to the north OF
the intersection of Sixth street and
Choctaw avenue; that both the man
and the woman were knocked down:
that Mrs. Hicks was dragged about II
feet by the car before the car was
stopped; that Mrs. Hicks was render
ed unconscious and was in an un
conscious condition when carried into
the hotel.
When called over the telephone at
o'clock this afternoon and asked for
his version of the accident, Jake Lor-
ensen of the o. K. cab line said he
had no statement to give out.
Information given out through the
police, states that the taxi drivers
aver the steering gear to the auto had
gotten out of fix and that the driver
OF the car was unable to manage
The machine 1t was also stated that
parties present at the accident
averred at the time the driver was
blameless and that his quick action in
the matter of stopping his car was all
that prevented possibly fatal acc;-
dent.
Mr.. Hicks is employed at the Rock
Island shops. His injuries were not
serious.
Chief Phillips stated this morning
that the city council would be asked,
by the police department at the meet
ing tonight to devise some means
which might help in enforcing the
safety idea in auto driving. Last
nights accident is only one sample OF
what may be expected unles some
thing drastic is DONE" said Chief Phil
lips.