The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1928-07-11
SLEEPY EYE YOUTH
DIES FROM CRASH
Rex Snow, Son of Hatcheries
Operator, is Killed in High
way Accident Saturday.

Tragic indeed was the fatal auto
accident which occurred On Trunk
Highway No. between Courtland and
New Ulm few minutes after six
o'clock Saturday evening, causing
fatal injuries to Rex Snow, 14-year-
old son of Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Snow
of Sleepy Eye, and injurin.; Dover
Jensen, 15-year-old son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Rudolph Jensen, to the extent
that his recovery was held in doubt
for several days following the crash.
Melvin Cunningham, who had met the
two boys at Mankato and asked for
ride to Sleepy Eye, was the other
victim of the accident, but fortunate
ly escaped with only minor cuts and
bruises.
Cunningham was the only one of
the three who came through the wreck
and was able to tell of the incidents
leading up to the crash and the sad
events which followed. He stated
that he had planned to return home
on the bus from Mankato, but that
earlier in the afternoon he had met
Snow and Jensen in that city and
asked to accompany them home. At
ter going out to Madison Lake on the
other side of Mankato and enjoying
a short time bathing, Cunningham
stated that they returned to Man.
kato and started for Sleepy Eye a
few minutes after five o'clock.
Although Rex had been driving at
a fast rate of speed, Cunningham
stated that he had marveled at his
ability as driver, that he had slowed
down for all turns and bridges, for
approaching cars and that as whole
he had been very careful.
On straight stretch of road about
four or five miles out of New Ulm
on the road to CORTLAND, the new
model Ford truck suddenly swerved
to one side, came back to the middle
of the road, swerved around a second
time and then rolled over. AS the
car turned and the crash appeared
inevitable, the occupants screamed
and a second later it was over. Cum
ningham, in giving the account
of the tragic affair, stated that
he remembered everything, from the
time the car went over to the time
the dust cleared away and gave full
view of the deplorable occurrence. He
had been thrown clear of the wreck,
perhaps the first time over, felt him.
self hit the gravel in nearly the GEN.
ter of the road and slide along the
surface for some ten, fifteen or more
feet.
Melvin stated that no sooner had
he rolled in the gravel than he was
up on his feet and ran back to the as
sistance of Snow and Jensen. There
was no car within half mile of the
wreck so he proceeded to do what he
could for the two boys. The rear of
the car was in about the center of the
road with the front facing the ditch.
Rex was underneath the car, directly
in front of the rear wheel while Dow
er Jensen lay on the road some ten
or fifteen feet from the car. Both
had been rendered unconscious.
A few minutes later a nearby far
mer arrived with pail of water, as
sisting Melvin in applying cold water
to the bruised and battered faces of
the two lads. Rex was bleeding pro-
fusely from the mouth and nose, in
dicating that he had been injured
about the lungs. A hemorrhage of
the lungs caused his death about an
hour and half later at the hospital
at New Ulm. He failed to regain
consciousness at any time after the
accident.
A few minutes after the fatal crash
the bus out of Mankato arrived at
the scene, picked up the boys and
rushed them to the hospital at New
Ulm. Snow continued to bleed from
his mouth and nose and appeared to
be in extreme pain and agony. Dov-
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