Imperial Valley press., 1927-11-14
TWO DIE
IN AUTO
CRASHES
Woman Killed As Rail-
road Car Strikes Auto
mobile Near Brawley.
COMPANION UNHUR1
Oklahoma Tourist Dies
From Injuries Received
When Truck Hits Car.


Mrs. Rosa Penerman, al, of IA
Gladys street, Los Angeles, was in
stantly killed when the automobile
whihc she was driving was struck by
the Southern Pacific motor car, op-
earting between Calexico and INLAND
at crossing about a mile north of
Brawley at 4:30 clock yesterday
afternoon. George Machita of Los
Angeles, escaped with minor cuts
and bruises.
According to witnesses of the acci-
dent, the car when it crashed into
the automobile carried the machine
a distance of almost 800 feet before
the shattered machine fell free of
the motor ear.
Donald Belle and Elmer Lears,
witnesses of the accident, rushed to
the shattered machine as Machita
eXtricated himself from the debris.
The woman was dead when the men
pulled her from beneath the wreck
age.
Coroner B. f. Lemons and Under
the call to Brawley. The body of
the woman was brought to Lemons
undertaking parlors here where it is
/ being held pending the outcome of
an inquest this afternoon at Brawley
and word from Los Angeles relative
to funeral arrangements.
According to Machita, he and
! Mrs. Penerman had come to the val
ley on business trip and had gone
to several places. They had just
| completed their last call and were
about ready to return to Los An
geles when the accident occurred.
Machita s escape was regarded as
miraculous by those who witnessed
| the wreck as the automobile was
completely shattered and how he
managed to escape with but few
minor bruises remains unexplained.
a. c. Peck, a tourist from Oklaho-
ma, was fatally injured about o.
clock Saturday night in an .automo-
bile accident on the Yuma highway
about "a miles east of Holtville Sal
vadore Maggie, 26, of Ell Centric and
George Mack, 19, of Los Angeles
are in the county Jail pending an in
vestigation by the district attor-
pcy's office into the crash.
According to information furnish
ed the sheriff s office relative to
the accident Peck had stopped his
machine on the highway to repair
tire. Another machine, belonging
to the tourist party stood just ahead
n =, Lxk
only the left front wheel of the
eek car, which was being repaired
rs IN the concrete part of the
adway.
Other members of the party said
hat Peek looked up and saw a truck
approaching at rapid speed. As
did he jumped in between the
two parked cars. The truck side
wiped Peck s machine, knocking it
into the car ahead After the crash
Peck was found beneath the accom-
panying car. His head had appar-
emily been caught between the ma
chimes in some manner and was bad
| ly crushed.
The truck driven by Maggie stop
ped and rushed a member of the
tourist party to Holtville for aid.
In the meantime another machine
picked up the injured man and he
was taken to the Holtville hospital.
lie died shortly after ii clock.
The sheriff's office here was noti-
fled and Deputy Sheriffs Freeman
and 'Gillett investigated. They
brought Maggie and Mack, who was
with Maggie in the truck, back to
FL Centre where they were locked
up pending investigation. Mack
is being held only as "A material wit
ness. No formal charge has been
brought against Maggie as yet, the
district attorney Withholding def
mite action until after the inquest
which will probably be held this aft
ernoon at Holtville.
Peek is said to have been on his
way to San Juan Capistrano with q
party of relatives and friends. Ho
has sister there and had obtained
employment, it was stated.
Maggie at the time of the crash
was out under bond on a charge Of
having failed to stop and render aid,
following an automobile accident
which occurred about two months
ago.
His trial on this charge opened
this morning in the superior court.
1t is alleged Maggie struck a ear
driven by w. B. Oswell on the
desert highway, several miles east
of Holtville, and sped away without
stopping to aid the victims Of the
wreck.
Mrs Albright Rrdoudo Reach