Imperial Valley press., 1924-06-23
DRIVER FAILS TO
STOP WHEN CAR
RUN into DITCH
Campbell of Seeley Hurt
When Auto Turns
Over

While Mrs. G. Outten, who was
motoring on the Holtville road last
night with her daughter, Mrs. C. IL.
Winters of Meloland, is lying in the
local hospital today in critical
condition, traffic Officers are look
ing for the auto moron who fhe|
women say, forced them off tho
road so that their ear turned com-
pletely over.
Mrs, Outten, an clderlv lady, sis
suffering from injuries in her back
and on her head, and has several Of
her teeth broken off. She was
badly bruised and Gu. alSout the 10.
dy. Her condition is such that ply-
sicians were unable to make
thorough examination, although if
is believed no bones are broken.
Mrs. Winters escaped with several
bad cuts in the palm Of her liAh1,
which required number Of stitches.
The two women told officers they
were coming towards III Ccntto oh
the Holtville road at about 8:3O
o'clock. They said they were dfiv-
ing well over to the right on tho
highway and had passed two Of ID
string of three automobiles going
toward Holtville. The third car swerv
ed to the middle Of the road in IN
attempt to pass the other two, and
in spite of the fact that the road
was too narrow to permit three ears
abreast, the driver made no effort
TO swing back into line, Mrs. Win.
tiers said. In order to avoid II
collision she turned still farther to
the right and slid into the ditch
where her ear turned over.
Mrs. Winters said that the driver
of the other car did not pause, hut
sped ON out of sight. She was abl6 |
to get her mother out Of the wreck
age and motorists ON the highway
rushed the two to the hospital. Mrs
Winters was able to go to her home
in Mcloland this morning. t~~
Seeley Man Injured
Officers are making a thorough
investigation and though they HAVE
no definite description Of the dtfv-
er who was responsible for the
accident, they have description az
the car. Captain Shotwell said to-
day that he would do his utmost
to get the man, who will face felony
charges. IA
Lawrence (.'Red - Campbell OF
seeley, narrowly escaped death. laSt
night, when the car which ho was
Irving on the Calexico higdway,
swerved from the 9oad and
.urned completely over. Tho ac-
.ident occurred just west of ~Cnr-
,hy's corner as Campbell was 1riv-
ng toward FL Centric, s..ss
He was severely cut about the
rms and body, the index finger of
lis left hand being almost complete
y severed. He was rushed ito the
hospital here and his injuries vera
reated. Physicians are attempting
o save the finger, though it is I>es-
ible that it will have to be ~am
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Traffic officers were at the
Gene of the accident within few
minutes after it occurred. They
aid that the brakes of the. sear
we're locked fast. They believe
hat Campbell attempted to set the
'rakes too quickly and that the
ar slid off the road.
A third accident, in which two
ars eollided on the San Diego
ighway near Shepard S bridge, was
eported last night. The names Of.
he occupants of the ears were not
narned. The ears were said to
ave both been coming toward III
entro and after jamming into
ach other, they ran off the road
n opposite sides. One of the ears
armed over on its, side. The other
IN into sand bank and stopped.
fficers said that no one was bad.
2 hurt.