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Inquest Is Held in Yesney Death CaseBtfscmer—A coroner’s jury last night, after hearing testimony presented at the inquest into the death of the late Samuel Yesney, Ramsay, on April 6, entered a verdict stating that Samuel Yesney came to his death as the result of an automobile accident in the cause of which there was no criminal negligence.Testimony entered revealed that the accident involved a collision between two motor cars; one a Bessemer Taxicab company cab in which the deceased was a passenger, being driven west by GeorgeLaBlond, member of the taxicabfirm of LaBlond brothers; the other being driven east by Rudolph Cigallio, Bessemer. The collision occurred about three-tenths of a mile east of the crest of Beckers hill on highway US-2, west of Bessemer.Only eye witnesses to the accident were the drivers of the two cars, both of whom voluntarily took the witness stand to relate the details. Mr. Cigallio testified that after rounding the crest ofthe hill, his car struck a bump inthe highway surface, causing himto completely lose control which he was unable to regain on the icy, slippery macadam. The car skidded and carened and in a sidwise position facing north, skidded into the path of the west bound cab, striking it broadside. The impact rendered him unconscious, he said, and when he recovered, his car had landed on its right side on the opposite shoulder of the highway.Mr. LaBlond similarly described the action of the skidding Cigallio car, stating that he attempted toJ _ 11 mall i'viiT nA f AM I
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Ironwood Daily Globe
Ironwood, Michigan, US
Fri, Apr 25, 1947
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