Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1958-10-02
Driver Says
Arnish Buggy
Hit Him

An Amish buggy and a yam
kee car were involved in an in
ter vehicular battle Sunday
afternoon on Rt. 608 in Middle
field Township, and, for tn e
time being at least, the yankee
car came out second best.
The car was driven by Victor
A. Veprauskas Jr., %, Rt. 4,
Chardon, and the horse and
buggy were under the direction
of Bill d. Bylsr, 18, Rt. 2, Mid.
dlefield.
"I was driving north on Rt.
608 from Rt. 81, Veprauskas to-
Id sheriff's deputies, When a
buggy hit me. He was headed
south, and grazed the ri G h t
front fender and side of the
car.
He took off as fast as the
horse could go (as 1t looked >
Veprauskas said he turned a.
round in a driveway, drove
back past the buggy, and stop
ped about 100 feet In front of it,
"He kept coming and, as I
opened the door to flag him
down. the horse ran up on the
top of my trunk"
s According to the sheriff's re-
ports, shafts were split on the
buggy, while the front fender,
left door and trunk led were
damaged on the car.
Il Il
Vehicles driven by William H.
Rayl, 18, 349 Wilson Mills Rd.,
Chartlon and Maxwell Greenler,
50, 136 North St., Chardon, COL
lided at the intersection of Will
son Mills Rd. and Water S 1t.
Saturday morning, Chardon po-
lice report. They say Greenier
was making left turn ( r m
Water st. onto Wilson Mills Rd.,
and that Rayl, proceeding north
on Wilson Mills Rd., failed to
stop in time to avoid collision.
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Cars driven by John c. Nc
Donald, Rt. 1, Huntsburg, a n d
Robert Clark Radnor, Univers-
ity Heights, collided in the Cha
rdon Plaza parking lot Saturday
II ;cfA he
Chardon police report were pas
sengers in the Radnor car, B.
RI. McCahan, D. e. McCahan
and Frank Finesilver.
An accident at the corner of
Center st. and Main st. Friday
afternoon involved autos driven
by Claridon Lucious Swift, go,
$50 E. King St., Chardon, a n d
Edward Herlad Murphy, So, Rt.
2, Rome, Ohio. The Murphy car
had stopped to make left hand
turn onto Main ST., police r e.
port, and Swift hit the other au-
to in the rear when he failed TO
see the signal.
Carol F, Richards, q, 242
Turner Dr., Chardon, driving a
car owned by her husband, Har-
ley Richards, struck a cow be-
longing to Frank Spence, Rt. l,
Chardon, on Aquilla Road, in
front of the Spence residence
Sunday morning. According to
the sheriff's department + h e
cow ran in front of the car.
Three persons were injured
when pick up truck driven
by Roy Webb, 10, Rt. 60S, Ham
bden, in which they all W were
passengers, went out of o n
troll on Wisner Rd. south of Nit
chell Mills Rd. Sept. % at II 80
pm, hitting tree. The passen-
gers, all treated and released at
Corey Hospital, were: j n n
Woodland, II, Rt. 3, Chardon, Ia
cerations of lip; Patricia Work
man, Is, Cleveland, decorations
of leg; Tavern Hamilton, 1t, /,
Rt. 8, Chardon, decorations OF
leg.
Vehicles driven by Keith E.
Painter, %, Auburn Rd., Char
don, and Joseph Erwin Hefner,
GA, Rt. 2, Thompson, collided
Sunday morning at the corner
of South st. and Moffett Ave,
Chardon police report. Painter
said he stopped to turn into Mof-
fett and had his signal light on
when the Hefner truck ran into
the back Of Painters car. Hef-
ner was cited by Chardon police
for failure to have his vehicle
undercontrol.
Vehicles driven by Gayle Al
berta Rodgers, Dewey Rd., Rt.
2, Thompson, and Frank Bolek,
Wilson Mills Rd., Chardon, were
involved in an accident on vii.
son Mills Rd. in Chardon Town.
ship Sunday morning, the sher.
iff's department reported. I h
Rodgers auto, travelling W e s t
came over the top OF a hill ane
saw truck driven by B O. e !
pulling out of a drive, reports
state.