Milford chronicle., 1957-05-24
Six Killed As
Vehicle Hits Bridge
Near Odessa
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as his crowded 1851 Chevrolet
headed north on the DUPONT Park
way.
The vehicle was travelling at a
moderate rate of speed, troopers
said, when il veered toward the
abutment beside the passing lane
at the southern foot of the bridge.
The impact slammed Outlaws
car to a standstill. A total wreck.
it was later towed tc the Carlisle
Garage in Odessa.
All four children and one adult
were taken to the Delaware Hos
pital in the Mfddletown Fire Com
pany ambulance. Two adults were
brought in moments later in the
ambulance of New Castles Good
will Fire Company.
Attendants at the hospitals
emergency ward pronounced three
of the children and one of the ad-
ults dead on arrival Mrs. Phillips
lived until 1920 a. m,-about two
and one-half hours after the acci-
dent.
took charge of the bodies and the
problem of establishing definite
identity. Papers Identifying Out
law and Mrs. Phillips were found
on the bodies.
Mr.. Bell found a New York phone
number on slip of paper on one
of the bodies, but state police said
the party who answered knew
nothing about the victims. Later,
Mr.. Bell determined in another
call that the children all belonged
to Outlaw, that the dead woman
was Outlaws wife, and also firmly
established the identity of Mrs.
Phillips.
Bell talked with Mr.. Phillips.
who was unable to furnish the
names and ages of the Outlaw
children.
Earlier. the surviving child
suffering shock and fright-had
been unable to furnish clue to
the identity of the cars passen-
gers.
The six-l,erson fatality brought
Delaware's highway death toll to
33 for the year, two more than at
this time last year. The number
of road deaths had been running
behind last years toll until Mon
day morning.
On Nov z last year, four per-
sons were Killed on Route 13 at
Smyrna. Four oied also on Aug. 21,
1858. when a truck loaded with
picknickers collided with a fuel
truck in a flaming disaster on Bel
levue HILL Four lost their lives in
a train-car collision at Bucks
Crossing July 5. 1856.
The accident came as climax
to an 18-hour period during which
State Road Troop Q has had a
siege of highway mishaps.
Sgt. Allan G. Field said the troop
has had within its territory, which
extends down to Blackbird, 26 ac-
cidents from 3 p. m. Sunday until
a. m, Monday.
One of the accidents was right
at the back door of the troop. One
of two cars in a collision wound
no in the troop parking lot after
knocking down posts along side of
the lot. This occurred early last
Sunday night.
The rain, combined with the
heavy volume OF returning week
end trippers, was held response
BILE for many of the accidents.
Mrs Ruth Schlegal. As. of Har-
rington, injured when an auto
mobile driven by her husband,
John. struck an abutment on Route
IA, six and n half miles west of
Harrington. Friday, is in critical
condition at the Delaware Hospital.
The condition of Mr.. Schlegal is
fair at the Milford Memorial Hos
pital. Mrs. Schlegal was transfeI-
red to the Delaware Hospital from
the Milford HOspital. The auto
mobile was demolished.
Thomas NJ Dykes. Is. of Bridge
vile. is in serious condition at the
Delaware Hospital with head in
juries suffered when his car ran
OF Route 1874. one mile west of
Bridgeville. and struck a fence
last Saturday. The youth was TAX
en- to Nanticoke Memorial Hospital
and then transferred to the Del
aware Hospital.
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