Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 1, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 April 1919 — CAR BRAKES FAIL TO WORK [ARTICLE]

CAR BRAKES FAIL TO WORK

Three l>ead as a Result of Train Hitting Auto Near Val|>aralso. Valparaiso, March 31. —Two persons were killed and one fatally injured last night when an automobile was struck by a (Nickel Plate passenger train at Loux crossing, five miles west of Valparaiso. Harry Meyers of Hebron, driver of the machine, and his young daughter died instantly, while Mrs. Meyers, the wife and mother, died while being removed to Wheeler. Mr. Meyers was taking his wife to a hospital at Gary, where she was to have an operation performed, at the time of the accident. An examination of the wrecked car indicated that he "had applied the brakes when he observed the approaching train, but that they failed to work and that the automobile had skidded on. the railroad tracks directly in front of the train. The husband, wife and daughter composed the family.