Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 131, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 May 1920 — RACING FANS IN BAD ACCIDENT SATURDAY [ARTICLE]

RACING FANS IN BAD ACCIDENT SATURDAY

A Cadillac automobile, occupied by five Chicagoans, four men and a women, was wrecked—about six o’clock Saturday evening when it was plunged into a deep ditch seven miles south of Rensselaer on the Remington road. One of the! occupants suffered severe injuries • and was taken to the hospital in this city. The wrecked car was I taken to a local garage and the 1 party, with the exception of one of the men who remained here with the injured man, continued on their way to Indianapolis to' the races, t The car was badly wrecked but not to the extent it would have L been had not the ditch been in a muddy cemdition. This fact also 1 undoubtedly saved the occupants of the car from fatal injuries, as the ditch at the point where the car turned over is several feet in depth. » I. — The gentlemen at the hospital refuse to divulge their names but assert that the accident was caused by the driver of another car, who, so they state .refused to give them any of the road and forced them into the ditch. It is said that they know who the,driver of the car was and that they will attempt to collect damages. It has been the practice of those । traveling through here to the races i year after year to drive their cars at a high rate of speed without regard for traffice laws or the rights of others, especially has it been true of those who come from the large cities who feel that they are no longer in a civilized country once they have left the city limits behind. Since the inauguration of the races at the Indianapolis Speedway several years ago there has been a great number of fatal accidents among those traveling to the races, and invariably the accidents have been the result of their own care--1 ess n ess. Just who was at fault Saturday night we will not attempt to say, not knowing the circumstances, but it is not often that a tourist is forced off the road unless there is some good reason for it..