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With traffic reported heavier than normal over many roads during the weekend, nine persons were injured in five of seven accidents investigated by local authorities. None of the injuries were believed to be Serious, but a horse involved in one of the accidents had to be destroyed. Total property damage has been estimated at $11,200, with three of the cars involved listed as total losses. Five local teenagers were taken to Decatur County Memorial Hospital for examination following a two car accident five miles west of Greensburg Sunday at 8:30 p.m. According to Deputy Sheriff Jerry Middendorf, Cynthia D. Koors, 16, R. R. 9, Greensburg, was the driver of a 1968 - model southbound car on County Road 320W. She said she was blinded by the lights of an oncoming car and after applying the brakes, the car skidded 22 feet before colliding with the other car, which was driven by Kevin D Schroeder, 17, R. R a Greensburg Miss Koors sustained a bump on her chin. Other passengers in her car were Michele Navarra, 16, Ro R. 10, Greensburg, who received scratches on her forehead, Mike Kohrman, 17, R R. 2, Greensburg, who was treated for a bump on his forehead, and Brad Dahl, 15, 205 West Sheridan, who was believed to have sustained a fracture of the right foot Don Kilgore. 15, 404 North Lincoln, a passenger in the Schroeder auto, was treated for a bump on his shoulder Damage to the right front fender, windshield, front bumper and radiator of the Koors auto was set at $1,050. That to the grill, left front fender, radiator and front bumper of the 1970 - model Schroeder sedan was said to be $1,000 A one-car accident on Interstate 74 nine miles west of Greensburg Sunday at 11:45 p.m. occurred when the driver of a 1975 model auto ap parently went to sleep at the wheel before the car struck a traffic sign Susan K. Moehring, 25, Flint, Mich., sustained a deep cut on her chin in the crash that totally destroyed her eastbound auto. She told Deputy Sheriff Ralph Meer she went to sleep and the car went off the road into the median before striking a road sign, crossing the road and coming to a halt in a ditch, facing west The car was valued at $2,900. Damage to the road sign was set at $100. A blow-out of a front tire on the car driven by Mark E. Lacey, 22, 723 North Broadway, is listed as the cause of a one car accident Sunday at 3:30 am. that sent him to the hospital with multiple cuts and abrasions. Lacey told city police his 197: model compact was rounding a curve on Base Road near County Road 350E when the left front tire blew out, causing him to lose control of the westbound auto. The car flipped over and skidded 50 feet on its top before hitting a fence on the Carl Nieman property on the south side of the road, reports show. The car, valued at $2,000, was declared a total loss. Damage to the 100 feet of fence and posts was estimated at $300. The car of a R. R. 8, Green sburg, motorist was also listed as a total loss following a one vehicle accident just north of Greensburg Sunday at 4:55 a.m. Robert A. Oakley, 18, sustained cuts on his face and legs when his car failed to negotiate a slight curve leading from the Indiana 3 overpass onto the regular highway. Oakley told Sheriff Ed Sch See ACCIDENTS, Page 2
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Greensburg Daily News
Greensburg, Indiana, US
Mon, Oct 28, 1974
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