Milford chronicle., 1954-01-01
Die In Road
MishGpS During The
Past Week End
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tractor-trailer were Fred Dixon,
rs, of 1875 North Twenty-secOnd
Street, Philadelphia, and Mrs. Eta
Mae Simon, p, of 1864 North
Taylor Street, Philadelphia. Nancy
Dixon, %, wife of Fred, died in
the Delaware Hospital three hours
after the accident.
Deputy Coroner Edward R. Bell
said both Mrs. Simon and Mrs.
Dixon were pregnant.
LuchiOuS Simon, Jr., p, husband
of Eta Mae, and four children
ranging in age up to three years,
were injured and were taken to the
Delaware Hospital for treatment.
Three of the children, all under
four, were orphaned in the acct
dent They were the children of
Fred and Nancy Dixon They were
released following treatment.
The other child was Philip Simon,
18-mOnth-old son of Luchious and
Eta Mae Simon. His mother died
/ instantly in the crash Two other
Simon children were at home in
/ Philadelphia.
The truck, which the operator,
Lee Bunyan Hunter of Washington,
d. c., had parked on the right
shoulder, was at the end of the
Federal Fireworks Company plant
when the car driven by Simon.
failed to make a slight curve and
smashed into the rear of the parked
vehicle
The children were thrown from
the car but the four adults were
trapped inside The auto was cut
apart to free them by MILAN Sny-
der, mechanic at a nearby truck
center of Harry F. Bauer.
Hunter according to police, had
pulled off the road to rest. Wit
nesses claimed it was well off the
concrete and lights were burning on
the trailer. Hunter was out of the
cab at the time
/ Hunter was held as a material
witness and taken before Magistrate
Samuel J. Hatton of New Castle
and was placed under $1,000 bail
The tractOr-trailer is owned by the
Powell Trucking Company, Hyatts-
vile, Md.
DR.. John Lynn pronounced Dixon
and Mrs. Simon dead at the hos
pital. They suffered fractured
skulls and internal injuries. Mrs
Dixon was pronounced dead late,
by DR. Henry PendletOn after vair
efforts to save her life.
A young couple who had planned
to announce their engagement
Christmas Eve were killed in al
automobile crash which sent the
guard rail of a bridge plungins
through their car.
The victims, Robert D. Baynard
p, of Denton, Md, and Margare
Anne Marshall, II, Of Harrington
were killed near Harrington as they
were returning from Ridgely, Md
, where Baynard had just bough
: their engagement ring. 1t was fOunC
in his pocket. He was to hav,
: presented ii to her Christmas Day
Baynard who was driving the cal
= was pronounced dead on arrival a
the Milford Memorial Hospital Miss
Marshall died there a few hour:
later
Miss Marshall's 13-year-Old sister
, Jacqueline and Charles Taylor, II
Of Harrington, passengers in tn,
car, were seriously injured in IN,
crash.
The state trooper who investi
gated the fatal crash said Baynarr
had internal injuries, a fracture
, skull and broken neck. He was
o service station operator in Dentor
: Miss Marshall suffered a fracture
s skull, conclusion of the brain an
- severe shock.
s Her 13-year-Old sister is cOnfine
r to the Milford Hospital with
= severe laceration of the right ey
t and fractured ribs. Taylor. in tn
a same hospital, has a possible fraC
0 ture of the shoulder and pOssibl
fractured knee.