Milford chronicle., 1950-08-11
Accidents Continue
To Take Terrible
Toll On Highways
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when it came to a curve where the
road had a particularly high crown.
The vehicle, they said, was NOV
ing at a proper rate of speed, when
it suddenly skidded completely
around and turned upside down in
the road.
Pinned In Wreckage
Corporal Newman and Corporal
Blythe were pinned under the
wreckage, and covered with oil
which splashed from the crank
case. Although the bows supporting
the canopy over the rear of the
truck were smashed, the three
others escaped.
Passing motorists who ran to the
assistance of the men, were ham,
pered in their rescue efforts by the
fact that one of the men was pin
ned under each side of the truck
making it impossible to lift one
side without increasing the weight
on the other. Finally, the truck
was lacked up from the center of
it's front end
Officers said the skid was prob
ably caused by the trucks Army
tires smooth on the bottom, with
tTeads on the sides. They added
that for this reason, vehicles on
convoy and other officials duty have
not been permitted to use that par
ticular stretch of road at Carpen-
ter's Corner.
The investigating team is taking
statements by wire recorder from
the three men who were uninjured.
Parents of both the dead and the
injured youth were notified by 1t
Donald H. Sutton, of the Ordnance
Company.
The second victim of a fatal
automobile crash near Milford last
Friday night died in the Milford
Memorial Hospital last Saturday
night
He is Laverne F. Hess, "a, Of
Gettysburg, Pa, driver of the ca
in which Emory D. Fissell, So, Oi
Biglersville, Pa, was fatally injur-
ed when the vehicle went out q
control and crashed into a trac
or-trailer on Route 113, three ant
one-half miles north of Milford.
Hess, who suffered a ruptureC
spleen, other internal injuries, +;
fractured leg and severe lacera
tiOns, succumbed shortly befOr'
,idpiObf Iocf Saturday
Two other passengers in the ca
: jacob Thomas Myerly, 66, of De
tour, Md, and Dewey Bucher, 81
also of Biglersville, suffered mino
! injuries. The four men were re
) turning from a fishing trip in tn
Indian River Inlet
: The tractor trailer was operate
: by Walter Tingle, 80, of Milford
State police said the entire left sid
of the car was torn away when tn
: automobile ran beneath the trailer
, A Philadelphia woman and
D Lancaster. Pa, youth were remOV
? ed to the Milford Memorial HOspi
4 al following a collision on ROut
/ II Just south of Milford last Satu1
} day afternoon. The victims WEI
!. Mrs Edna Empert. so the Phili
d delnhian. who suffered head il
= iuries. and Edward Schmidt, is.
d Lanca eter. who suffered a fractu
|, cd left elbow and decorations
tho arm
The injuries were the result of
|, foUr-car accident State police sa
), Schmidt was travelling north {
T, Route ID. about half a rile sou
= Of Milford and was on the wrOT
=, side Of the road when he sideswi
ed car coming from the Onnosi
n direction. driven nv Mrs Willie
n nina WarroN Criesbach. AZ, of D
l. yer. Swervinp her car to avoid
o. head-On collision. Mrs. Griesha'
n etrucl, n car driven nv Jam"s WI
e rom Flfaseer. 80 also Of Philade
J: nhia. The Schmidt ca" cOntinu'
70 down the road and hit tho q
0. drivnn Nv tho iniured wOman's hu
band. Glen Arthur Empert.