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Ryderwood Woman Dies In Auto CrashA 65~vear-old Ryderwood woman, tentatively identified as Mrs. Bertha M. McCarthy, died early Saturday morning In spectacular one-car crash over a 50-foot «rn-1048-model auto. The motor also was thrown out of the car. The body came to rest 14 feet from the automobile.Lewis County Coroner R. 3.^dared the cause 3TflWn nn L V * death W9E unknown pending the re-To'fd° he, pacif!c Highway. (urn of autopsy findings, . . \ .Inv^ t Jfri It?1! 'Larson. Patj-oHnan Larsor bchcv-rl uu- 'w?f fj , ,5al? Ve‘;°cr the .circumstances that the vic-i!Ihate a fjl S! 790 .feeljtim harf died of a heart atiack/ from where It left the highway to;There. were no signs of any skidr^E(h “'.I . ° ? fitiP lW Mmar*s. he said. If the accident was'from the swift-flowjng Cowlitz ri\r-;caused by a heart attack, hej, jsaid. the mishap would not beLarson said the vehicle lravelcd| chalked up as Lewis county's 10th nut of control on the shoulder of traffic fatality of the year,the road 10 feet, before it smashed a four by six-fool road sign; continued another 165 feel, then plunged over a 50-foot embankment and traveled 350 feet in the air before striking the ground and rolling another 95 feet to its final resting place.The body of the victim was stripped as it was thrown out of the known*Other officers investigating hi the scene included Lewis County Sheriff Earl Hilton, Deputy Prank Horst, and State Patrol Sergl. Ray Powell.The body was removed to the Caltermolc Funeral home in Win-lock pending funeral arrangements. Survivors were not immediately
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Centralia Daily Chronicle
Centralia, Washington, US
Sat, Jun 08, 1957
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