New Britain herald., 1925-09-28
THREE AUTOS BURN,
 SET BRIDGE ATTIRE
Mystery Surrounds Midnight
 Collision on Berlin Road
SUSPECT IN HOSPITAL
William Grey, Picked up on Turnpike Injured, May Furnish solution to Nfixup Followed by Fire on Iarm- iugton Avenue.

A man who gave his name as Will liam Grey, 27, of East street, this city, is in the Meriden hospital suf- fering from an injured back, and upon his release he will be taken In custody by the state police. pre- sumably in connection with an auto mobile accident at the Iron bridge on the Pennington road, Bcrlln, early yesterday morning, in which three cars were destroyed by fire and the bridge itself was damaged.
 The accident, the cause of which and the circumstances surrounding which are vague, involved four cars, Little is known about the crash which left one car on the bridge without lights and another machine off the bridge and against d tele- phone pole with it's lights burning so brightly that when Alex Heleen of 526 Church street, this city. came along In is machine, bound for Now Britain, he was unable to sec be- ycnd the sharp, penetrating rays to where the darkened machine was standing, and crashed into it, Caus- ling the gas tank to burst. Fire broke out and another car on the bridge, parked without lights, to- gether with the two machines in yolved in the collision, burst into flames and were consumed. The OC- cupants of the Heleen automobile narrowly escaped with their lives.
 Heleen Tells Story
 MT, Heleen's story of the accident, information from him being all that IS available. Is to the effect that he was driving his machine in the dt- rection of Kensington. In the car with him were his brother, Charles Mrs Heleen and three other persons Approaching the bridge, Mir. Hel- cen said he was blinded by the lights of car, which was standing at the side of the road, He pro
 ceeded with caution and when Inc
 got beyond the belt of light he wal
 dismayed to perceive the rear O
 another car directly in front of hin
 as the lights of his automobile were cast on the vehicle. He applied th' brakes, he said, but after taking hold for a foot or two, they locked
 and the wheels skiddcd Hlong ol
 some slippery surface which he sait seemed like oil. There was a crash
 as the two cars came together, ant
 then as the gas tank burst, shee
 The occupants of the car fled am
 Charles Heleen was injured on tn
 jaw, as he made haste to get away
 MT. Heleen said he left imme a diately for the New Britain genera e hospital, to which institution he tool |. his brother for treatment He sal t that he noticed before leaving, an |. other car In front of the maChin d into which he crashed. This seCon k car was also afire and was burne d up. It Is apparent that the secon
 car had been involved in a crasf o presumably with the car the light I- of which blinded MT. Heleen, but h '- said he could not account for th IS presence of the vehicle with a l. lights extinguished and into whic e- his machine plunged.
 e Others Involved Disappear
 d The identity of the drivers of th t. three cars found along the road IT l. mains a mystery, although the holC
 Ing of Grey points to the fact tn; D. the state police believe him to be in 'e plicated in some way with the even 70 of the night. No trace has bee ,n (Continued on Page Ten)