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IkFront Tire Blows Out; Car Turns Over Three TimesiA tire blow-out, while traveling' at a high rate of speed, is believed to have caused the high-powered machine of Nels Wic kstrom, wealthy building contractor of Chicago* to turn over three times onState Road 41 in Hanover Centeryesterday noon.When passing autoists reachedthe wreckage, Mr. Wickstronr was■dead. His neck had been broken, his skull fractured and his rightshoulder blade snapped. He was 56« *years of age.The body was removed last night to his home at 5943 Augusta ave., Chicago. An inquest into the death will be held next week by Deputy Coroner Dr. W. F. Houk, of Crown Foint.WAS lt;;01NG FASTMr. Wickstrom had just left his cottage at Moody grounds, near the Cedar Lake picnic site, and was headed for Chicago at a high rat* of speed when the accident occurred.FRONT TIRE BLOWSNo eye-witness account could b* obtained by Crown Point authorities investigating the case; but an examination of the badly wrecked machine revealed that the front tire had been blown out.This, it is thought, caused Mr. Wickstrom to lose control of his car. Motorists, several hundred feet behind, told authorities that they saw Wickstrom's heavy machine suddenly swerve to the right and then hurtle Into the air. It rolled over three times before it came to a stop, they said.WHEEL SNAPPER OFF The tonneau -was crushed and th# steermg wheel was snapped off. It is believed that the driver was hurled against the top of the tonneau when the car overturned the first time and that his neck was broken by the impact.He is survived by his * widow, whom he left at his Cedar Lake cottage when he headed for Chicago. He was returning to the city to fill * a business engagement.Geisen’s Mortuary at Crown Point, where the body was removed following the accident, said todaythat funeral-arrangements are be-comp 1 eteicago undertaking establishment, to where th# remains were taken by the family last evening.
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Hammond Gary Evening Times
Hammond, Indiana, US
Sat, Jul 14, 1928
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