Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-08-29
MAN RUN over
BY TRAIN May
Die, REPORT
Others Hurt In Auto
Crashes; Hit anc
Run Drivers Being
Sought Today

Seven persons were injured, ons
of them seriously, in automobile ane
railroad accidents in the vicinity Of
Brownsville Sunday afternoon anc
night.
Seriously hurt: GOmendO Gomez
az, Olmito
Less seriously hurt: Martino Mar.
tinez, 2S; Gregonia Perez, 30: MariI
Sanchez, 20, all OF RinEgold anc
Eighteenth streets, j. %. Richards;
J.. III. Mills and u. Clarnon. all or
EdinbuIg.
They received their hurts in three
separate accidents in widely sep
arated sections Of the county. No
mention was made of injuries in ap-
pfoximately "a score Of minor acri-
dents reported 70 city and county
authorities.
Accident At OImito
Gomez, the most seriously hurt Of
any Of the victims, was injured at
lO:l5 o'clock Sunday night Wills
crossing the Missouri Pacific rail-
road tracks, near his home. lie
was run over, and his lower limbs
crushed by southbound passenger
train, No. !, Houston to Browns
| vile.
Details OF the accident are lacking,
but Gomez, who IN said 70 have re-
Gently been discharged from
physicians care, is believed TO have
become confused by the sound and
light Of the approaching train az he
crossed the tracks. County officials
said he had been i'll recently.
The victim was placed aboard the
tram, after 10 had been brought to
a halt, and removed to the Mercy
hospital, here. An operation for the
removal OF the mans left lex IA To
be performed, attaches of the hos
lpital say The victim IN being treat
ed by DR.. James L. Rentfro.
H. w. Wallace, special agent of
the Missouri Pacific. with head
quarters in Kingsville. was a pas
senger on the train, and supcrin-
tended the injured mans removal To
the hospital.
Seek Drivers
Martinez was hurt at 11:05 o'clock
Sunday morning. when the auto
mobile driven by him and contain
ing five other passengers was struck
and overturned by u machine that
stopped for only an instant and then
went on, officers said. The crash oc-
Cured two and half miles from
Brownsville on the road 10 San Be.
nito. Martinez suffered injuries ~
the head and body necessitating hiI
removal to the Mercy hospital. hare
Gregoris Perez and Mario San.
chez, both passengers in the caf
with Martinez, were also pinned In
the wreckage and hurt. Mrs. Peres
has v fractured right arm and left
shoulder
Children Unhurt
Two small children, one an In.
fant in arms and the other four
years old, riding in tie wrecked car
escaped without injury.
Traffic officer ". u. Sadler. whd
went TO the scene and made an in.
vestigation, said the wrecked auta
was struck by a large sedan. occu-
pied BY two men. The car was from
Sap Antonio. he said. adding that
the license number was known and
that an arrest In the case could be
expected within the next few days.
Both machines were going in the
same direction and the front fender
Of the larger car became entanrled
with the smaller car which it was
attempting 10 pass, Sadler said. The
force of the impact turned the light
car completely around, leaving 4
heading in an opposite direction 10
which il had been going. ms we'll as
throwing il on It's side.
The third serious accident 0t-
Cured late In the afternoon me Iona
Alta, on the Point Isabel Road. "A
heavy roadster. driven by J. o..
Richards, of Edinburg, became un-
manageable and plunged into a
ditch. Mr. Richards and two pas
senKers in the car. II. H. Mills and
u. Clarnon, both or EdizhrrE. we're
badly shaken up and cut by bits OF
flying glass from the broken wind
shield. All were able 20 leave the
scene without medical assistance.