The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-08-11
ACCIDENTS TAKE
SERIOUS TOLL IN
YPS|LANT| AREA
Train Kills John Reiman,
Detroit. Near Cherry
Hill Road
CAR LEAVES OVERHEAD
BRIDGE, FIVE INJURED
Driver Unable to Make Turn
While Going rs Miles
Per Hour

One man was killed and several
persons injured in accidents in this
area during the week end.
Dead: John Reiman, 40, 10l06
Orangelawn. Detroit.
Injured: Miss Margaret Ealoko.
Manchester; John Felker. Frank
Aronsky, Steven Koyacs. Miss Mary
Kovacs. Miss Elizabeth Pachy. De-
troit; Mrs. Minnie Wing. Murray
Miller, this city; James Macy,
South Lyon.
Found Near Tracks =
The remains OF John Reiman and
a horse he had been riding were
found strewn along the Pere Mar
quette Railroad tracks near its
intersection with Cherry Hill Rid.
Sunday morning. A brother.
Arthur. found the body.
The horseman had arrived at his
mothers farm, 1909 Xix Rd., Satur-
day for a few days vacation, and
when shotgun explosions we're
heard near the house Saturday
night he saddled horse and start
ed in search of trespassers.
The rest OF the family retired.
and II was not until Sunday morn
ing that Mrs. Reiman discovered
her son was still missing and sent
his brother in search OF him. 1t
is believed the horse and rider
we're struck by a southbound en-
CINE about 1922 p. m. as R. A.
Kirkpatrick. Plymouth, an adjust
err for the railroad. said the engi-
neer reported when he arrived at
Wayne at 1890 that the engine
had struck horse on the tracks
a short distance back.
Investigators believe the horse
may have been alarmed by the
headlights OF the engine and ran
toward it, MIR. Reiman was single,
and besides his mother and broth
er leaves a sister in Detroit.
Dies OF Injuries
Mrs. Norman j. Laskey died In
st. Joseph Hospital, Ann Arbor,
sunday morning as result Of In
juries received in an accident FRI
day at the intersection OF Warren
Rd. and US-23. The remains we're
taken Immediately to Flint. Mr.
Laskey preceded her In death
March "a. 1871.
Car Leaves Bridge
Five young Detroiters were In
jured when a car driven by John
Felker, Is, left a curve at US-ll2
viaduct six miles west OF Ypsilanti
Sunday afternoon at about o'clock
and plunged approximately $50 feet
to railroad tracks below.
Mr. Felker told Trooper Wallace
R. Teddy OF the local state police
post that he was going about rs
miles an hour when he came to
the curve. and the car started to
skid. II tore down 100 feet OF
guard posts and cables and snap
ped a utilities pole before hurting
to the tracks. He was given a
ticket charging him with driving
without a license.
Frank Aronsky, 10. sustained
bruises and fractured ribs; Steven
Kovacs, 10, decorations anc shock;
Miss Elizabeth Pachy, 10, lacera-
tions and bruises; Miss Mary Ko-
yacs, II, decorations, and Mr.. Eel
ker decorations and bruises. All
were treated at Boyer Memorial
Hospital here Troopers Robert
z. Johnson and Mario Formolo d.
rected traffic until the wreckage
could be removed.
Injured by Glass
Miss Margaret Ealoko, Manches-
ter, was injured by flying glass and
two cows were killed when they |
were struck by a car driven by |
John Hofhanesian, IS. Grass Lake,
oil Smythe Rd. Sunday night.
Miss Ealoko was driving the /
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