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ich,iigh ! and | t ion ;DRIVER KILLEDiresarkAND YOUTH HURTleniIN AUTO CRASHion-‘Vicvnor I helar-rm-i»u r-ancia ndandironlt; of t ro-pic-iinsHO*Austin Lon Smith. .'II. Tiskilwa, was killed and Phillip Kittorman, 1 1. also of Tiskilwa. was seriously injured in an auto accident on thepart ( when in sh I'ri u res at ion A11 its seallyovvin;and ; crop, for n.Princoton-Tiskilwa hard road abouthigh.Fa6:40 o’clock Saturday morning:.Mr. Smith, who was employed at high J Krickson's (Ireenhouse, was on hisPH'| way to work when his car went out .year,| of control on a curve, sldeswiped a someculvert and crashed head-on into a ereas tree. alsoVoting Kitterman. who is a son of! ^ j Mrs. Ralph Allen of Tiskilwa and, i,(‘r ( Forrest Kitterman of Decatur, a pas-islt; *a senger in the car. was found uncoil- togotnch i towasscious at the side of the road.He was brought to Perry Memorialhospital for treatment of internalIhreeito anin 1t to in. theinjuries and possible fractures. He marki:mthelingupid*.i in ted. in eelbar.i inireeerl v,rroalso was suffering from shock.Orville Cater, a farmer living nearby, said Smith was dying when hearrived at the scene. Smith waspinned in the car. Cater found young Kitterman lying on the highway shoulder beside the car. The %car apparently hit tin* tree with terrific force.Sheriff Henry C. Kout/.cr told a coroner's jury lie was called to the accident at 6:50 a. m., and that Smith was dead when he arrived. He summoned an ambulance and a doctor who pronounced Smith dead. The jury, summoned by Coroner | A. A Meyer, heard testimony at the Norberg Mo.morial home and return-led a verdict that Smith died of injuries received when his car acci-btthe iwiFIIT1 rail iJilinstalldisciMailWyaT1men- r-%mckdentally left the road and hit thejwvai nd*!ll«ine.t hatanotmovlav-t he1let v, assume, wasthet roe.Smith is survived by his wife, RuthI! Irene; two children. Mickie Loo and j Alice Jean: a step-daughter, Loali jawiStauffer, who made her home with sam her mother; a stepson. Ronald Scholes, Princeton; his father, living in Manila. Ark.; a sister, Mrs.Lucy Ilozarth; two brothers, Ray, Denver, Colo., and James. Manila,Ark.lie was horn Jan. Ill 11), at Lou-ake, Ark.Ik*The M t rac t lire■d voiA
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Princeton Bureau County Tribune
Princeton, Illinois, US
Fri, Aug 25, 1950
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