TRUCK FATALITY
Syracuse-Gerald W. Custer, 9, of Lincklaen, died in a hospital here today of injuries suffered last Monday in a fall from a truck.
Police say the boy's father Ralph, was driving the truck. The accident occurred on the family's farm in Chenango county. (Published in the Norwich Sun October 3, 1953)
CUSTER BOY'S DEATH RULED ACCIDENTAL
The death of Gerald Wayne Custer, nine-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph George Custer of Lincklaen has been ruled accidental by coroner's physician Dr. George L. Landwehr. The boy died of a cerebral hemorrhage.
According to state police from the Norwich substation, the boy was riding on a load of feed on the rear of a stake body truck on September 28. The truck was being operated by Walter Joseph Prictchard, 31, an employee of Mr. Custer.
The truck wheels struck a rough spot in the shoulder of the highway as it was turned to meet another vehicle and the bags of feed toppled to the highway, the boy with them.
He was rushed to the Cortland Hospital and later to St. Joseph's in Syracuse. He died October 2. (Published in the Norwich Sun Monday, October 5, 1953)
Syracuse-Gerald W. Custer, 9, of Lincklaen, died in a hospital here today of injuries suffered last Monday in a fall from a truck.
Police say the boy's father Ralph, was driving the truck. The accident occurred on the family's farm in Chenango county. (Published in the Norwich Sun October 3, 1953)
CUSTER BOY'S DEATH RULED ACCIDENTAL
The death of Gerald Wayne Custer, nine-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph George Custer of Lincklaen has been ruled accidental by coroner's physician Dr. George L. Landwehr. The boy died of a cerebral hemorrhage.
According to state police from the Norwich substation, the boy was riding on a load of feed on the rear of a stake body truck on September 28. The truck was being operated by Walter Joseph Prictchard, 31, an employee of Mr. Custer.
The truck wheels struck a rough spot in the shoulder of the highway as it was turned to meet another vehicle and the bags of feed toppled to the highway, the boy with them.
He was rushed to the Cortland Hospital and later to St. Joseph's in Syracuse. He died October 2. (Published in the Norwich Sun Monday, October 5, 1953)
TRUCK FATALITY
Syracuse-Gerald W. Custer, 9, of Lincklaen, died in a hospital here today of injuries suffered last Monday in a fall from a truck.
Police say the boy's father Ralph, was driving the truck. The accident occurred on the family's farm in Chenango county. (Published in the Norwich Sun October 3, 1953)
CUSTER BOY'S DEATH RULED ACCIDENTAL
The death of Gerald Wayne Custer, nine-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph George Custer of Lincklaen has been ruled accidental by coroner's physician Dr. George L. Landwehr. The boy died of a cerebral hemorrhage.
According to state police from the Norwich substation, the boy was riding on a load of feed on the rear of a stake body truck on September 28. The truck was being operated by Walter Joseph Prictchard, 31, an employee of Mr. Custer.
The truck wheels struck a rough spot in the shoulder of the highway as it was turned to meet another vehicle and the bags of feed toppled to the highway, the boy with them.
He was rushed to the Cortland Hospital and later to St. Joseph's in Syracuse. He died October 2. (Published in the Norwich Sun Monday, October 5, 1953)
Syracuse-Gerald W. Custer, 9, of Lincklaen, died in a hospital here today of injuries suffered last Monday in a fall from a truck.
Police say the boy's father Ralph, was driving the truck. The accident occurred on the family's farm in Chenango county. (Published in the Norwich Sun October 3, 1953)
CUSTER BOY'S DEATH RULED ACCIDENTAL
The death of Gerald Wayne Custer, nine-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph George Custer of Lincklaen has been ruled accidental by coroner's physician Dr. George L. Landwehr. The boy died of a cerebral hemorrhage.
According to state police from the Norwich substation, the boy was riding on a load of feed on the rear of a stake body truck on September 28. The truck was being operated by Walter Joseph Prictchard, 31, an employee of Mr. Custer.
The truck wheels struck a rough spot in the shoulder of the highway as it was turned to meet another vehicle and the bags of feed toppled to the highway, the boy with them.
He was rushed to the Cortland Hospital and later to St. Joseph's in Syracuse. He died October 2. (Published in the Norwich Sun Monday, October 5, 1953)
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