Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 112, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 May 1918 — SUNDAY AUTO ACCIDENT [ARTICLE]

SUNDAY AUTO ACCIDENT

STANLEY MERICA, RECEIVES BROKEN LEG WHEN HIS CAR IS WRECKED. Stanley Merica is at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Alex Merica, on Washington street, with a broken leg. _ Stanley borrowed Harry Watson’s Buick Sunday and in company with Mamie Beaver, started for Lafayette, where he is at Purdue University, preparing himself for ’ an appointment to the officers training camp at Fort Sheridan. Four miles southeast of Remington he saw a car approaching a bridge and each’ driver attempted*to get across the bridge first, with the result that the two cars came together at the bridge and the Merica car was thrown into the ditch and turned upside down, Miss Bever was thrown clear of the car, but Merica was thrown under it and had the small bone of his right leg broken, besides receiving minor injuries. Miss Bever escaped with a few scratches. The car was a wreck, one wheel being broken off, and the car being otherwise badly damaged. The driver of the other car was a farmer and he helped to rescue young Merica. One of the wheels from his ear was also broken. Merica was later brought to town and received medical attention. This was an accident that might easily happen and neither party is to blame. Mr. Watson went to the scene of the wreck Monday to look after his damaged car.