Chester Frost, aged about 50, Kane wood jobber, was fatally injured in a head-on automobile collision on the General Kane highway approximately five miles south of Kane at 6:30 p.m. yesterday.
Charles Kannel, 46, Cleveland, is in Kane Community hospital as a result of the accident, suffering a broken arm and head injuries. Mr. Frost died at the Community hospital shortly after he arrived there by ambulance.The Cleveland car, a large coupe, crashed into Mr. Frost's light sedan when Mr. Kannel attempted to pass a third car, driven by Al Hammar of Bradford, accompanied by Henry Beck, jr., returning from a trip to Pittsburgh. Both cars, according to the youths, were hurled high into the air. The third car narrowly missed crashing into a telephone pole.Hammar and Beck extricated the men from the wreckage and drove to Kane to notify police and summon aid. P. H. Winger of the state highway patrol, Smethport will investigate the accident fully today. Bradford Era, Wednesday, March 13, 1935, Bradford, Pennsylvania
Chester Frost, aged about 50, Kane wood jobber, was fatally injured in a head-on automobile collision on the General Kane highway approximately five miles south of Kane at 6:30 p.m. yesterday.
Charles Kannel, 46, Cleveland, is in Kane Community hospital as a result of the accident, suffering a broken arm and head injuries. Mr. Frost died at the Community hospital shortly after he arrived there by ambulance.The Cleveland car, a large coupe, crashed into Mr. Frost's light sedan when Mr. Kannel attempted to pass a third car, driven by Al Hammar of Bradford, accompanied by Henry Beck, jr., returning from a trip to Pittsburgh. Both cars, according to the youths, were hurled high into the air. The third car narrowly missed crashing into a telephone pole.Hammar and Beck extricated the men from the wreckage and drove to Kane to notify police and summon aid. P. H. Winger of the state highway patrol, Smethport will investigate the accident fully today. Bradford Era, Wednesday, March 13, 1935, Bradford, Pennsylvania
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