Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 16, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 May 1917 — THREE HURT IN AUTO CRASH [ARTICLE]

THREE HURT IN AUTO CRASH

Benton County Car Sideswiped by Speeding Stranger. Mrs. G. S. Posey of Fowler and Mrs. John Ditto and daughter Cecil of Earl Park were injured near Lafayette Saturday evening when the auto in which they were riding was sideswiped by a speeding stranger. Mrs. Posey’s skull was fractured and her condition is serious. Mrs. Ditto was bruised about the head and body and her daughter was injured about the shoulders and hips. Mr. and Mrs. Posey and Mr. and Mrs. Ditto and daughter were enroute to in a five-passen-ger touring car. The men members of the party were riding in the front seat and the women in the rear. Mr. Posey was driving and as they neared a bridge he saw an automobile coming toward them. Thinking he could get across the bridge before the other machine got there he speeded up a trifle. The auto crossed the bridge in safety, but the other car was coming at a terrific rate of speed and sideswiped the Posey car. The impact threw the three women out of the car.