GREENVILLE PARENTS OF THREE CHILDREN KILLED IN CRASH AT CITY RAIL CROSSING - Darke County Accident Death Rate for 1962 Climbs to Four
A Greenville couple, parents of three children, died at the Wayne hospital early this morning within an hour and a half after they had been thrown from their car after it ran into the side of a moving freight train.
Dead are Melvin L. Saintignon, 27, and his wife, Shirley Mae, 25. Their address is 1324 Dayton Road.
Mrs. Saintignon's father, Virgil Fritz, 44, Pitsburg, was treated at the hospital and released. A passenger in the auto, he, too, was thrown out, according to investigating authorities.
The accident occurred at the Markwith avenue crossing of the Pennsylvania railrpad about 11:25 p.m. when the scheduled freight train was moving westward from Columbus to Indianapolis.
The Greenville city police said it appeared that Saintignon had driven into the side of the train. The car was tossed about 10 feet west of the crossing and onto a side track. It was sitting upright on all four wheels.
Saintignon and his wife were picked up along the tracks, each about five feet from the car.
The city police report said Saintignon's injuries were a broken neck and a broken should blade and his wife's were listed as abdominal.
HEARS CRASH
Cletus Subler, night custodian of the State Highway said he heard the train passing, saw the car pass on Markwith avenue and then heard the crash. He stepped outside of the building and saw the beam of a light shining east and a cloud of dust.
Damage to the car was described as mostly on the front end.
The two deaths were the third and fourth automobile fatalities in Darke county in 1962. It was the first automobile death in Greenville since Ebb Bolyard, 78, of R.R. 4, Greenville, suffered fatal injuries when his car struck a railroad switch engine at the Vine street crossing September 14, 1960. He died two days later.
The Saintignons are survived by three sons, Ricky, Randy and Todd. Also surviving Mr. Saintignon is his father, Bernard Saintignon, R.R. 4, Union City; his mother, Naomi Thompson Saintignon, Arcanum rural route; five brothers, Marion, Duane, and Donald Saintignon, R.R. 4, Union City, Dennis Saintignon, Versailles, and Danny Saintignon, R.R. 3, Greenville; and one sister, Mrs. Barbara Clemens, R.R. 3, Greenville.
Mrs. Saintignon, in addition to her children, is survived by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Fritz, Pitsburg; two brothers, Eugene and Robert Fritz, and two sisters, Linda Lou and Patricia Ann Fritz, all at home.
Joint services will be held for the couple Tuesday at 9:30 a.m. at St. Mary's Catholic Church, where they were members. Reverend Father William Welch will officiate. Burial will be in the church cemetery. St. Mary's Rosary Altar Society and the Holy Name Society will hold a combined rosary service at the Oliver Funeral Home Sunday at 7:30 p.m. Friends may call at the funeral home after 7 p.m. Sunday.
SOURCE: front page of the Greenville Daily Advocate, Saturday, 31 Mar 1962
A Greenville couple, parents of three children, died at the Wayne hospital early this morning within an hour and a half after they had been thrown from their car after it ran into the side of a moving freight train.
Dead are Melvin L. Saintignon, 27, and his wife, Shirley Mae, 25. Their address is 1324 Dayton Road.
Mrs. Saintignon's father, Virgil Fritz, 44, Pitsburg, was treated at the hospital and released. A passenger in the auto, he, too, was thrown out, according to investigating authorities.
The accident occurred at the Markwith avenue crossing of the Pennsylvania railrpad about 11:25 p.m. when the scheduled freight train was moving westward from Columbus to Indianapolis.
The Greenville city police said it appeared that Saintignon had driven into the side of the train. The car was tossed about 10 feet west of the crossing and onto a side track. It was sitting upright on all four wheels.
Saintignon and his wife were picked up along the tracks, each about five feet from the car.
The city police report said Saintignon's injuries were a broken neck and a broken should blade and his wife's were listed as abdominal.
HEARS CRASH
Cletus Subler, night custodian of the State Highway said he heard the train passing, saw the car pass on Markwith avenue and then heard the crash. He stepped outside of the building and saw the beam of a light shining east and a cloud of dust.
Damage to the car was described as mostly on the front end.
The two deaths were the third and fourth automobile fatalities in Darke county in 1962. It was the first automobile death in Greenville since Ebb Bolyard, 78, of R.R. 4, Greenville, suffered fatal injuries when his car struck a railroad switch engine at the Vine street crossing September 14, 1960. He died two days later.
The Saintignons are survived by three sons, Ricky, Randy and Todd. Also surviving Mr. Saintignon is his father, Bernard Saintignon, R.R. 4, Union City; his mother, Naomi Thompson Saintignon, Arcanum rural route; five brothers, Marion, Duane, and Donald Saintignon, R.R. 4, Union City, Dennis Saintignon, Versailles, and Danny Saintignon, R.R. 3, Greenville; and one sister, Mrs. Barbara Clemens, R.R. 3, Greenville.
Mrs. Saintignon, in addition to her children, is survived by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Fritz, Pitsburg; two brothers, Eugene and Robert Fritz, and two sisters, Linda Lou and Patricia Ann Fritz, all at home.
Joint services will be held for the couple Tuesday at 9:30 a.m. at St. Mary's Catholic Church, where they were members. Reverend Father William Welch will officiate. Burial will be in the church cemetery. St. Mary's Rosary Altar Society and the Holy Name Society will hold a combined rosary service at the Oliver Funeral Home Sunday at 7:30 p.m. Friends may call at the funeral home after 7 p.m. Sunday.
SOURCE: front page of the Greenville Daily Advocate, Saturday, 31 Mar 1962
GREENVILLE PARENTS OF THREE CHILDREN KILLED IN CRASH AT CITY RAIL CROSSING - Darke County Accident Death Rate for 1962 Climbs to Four
A Greenville couple, parents of three children, died at the Wayne hospital early this morning within an hour and a half after they had been thrown from their car after it ran into the side of a moving freight train.
Dead are Melvin L. Saintignon, 27, and his wife, Shirley Mae, 25. Their address is 1324 Dayton Road.
Mrs. Saintignon's father, Virgil Fritz, 44, Pitsburg, was treated at the hospital and released. A passenger in the auto, he, too, was thrown out, according to investigating authorities.
The accident occurred at the Markwith avenue crossing of the Pennsylvania railrpad about 11:25 p.m. when the scheduled freight train was moving westward from Columbus to Indianapolis.
The Greenville city police said it appeared that Saintignon had driven into the side of the train. The car was tossed about 10 feet west of the crossing and onto a side track. It was sitting upright on all four wheels.
Saintignon and his wife were picked up along the tracks, each about five feet from the car.
The city police report said Saintignon's injuries were a broken neck and a broken should blade and his wife's were listed as abdominal.
HEARS CRASH
Cletus Subler, night custodian of the State Highway said he heard the train passing, saw the car pass on Markwith avenue and then heard the crash. He stepped outside of the building and saw the beam of a light shining east and a cloud of dust.
Damage to the car was described as mostly on the front end.
The two deaths were the third and fourth automobile fatalities in Darke county in 1962. It was the first automobile death in Greenville since Ebb Bolyard, 78, of R.R. 4, Greenville, suffered fatal injuries when his car struck a railroad switch engine at the Vine street crossing September 14, 1960. He died two days later.
The Saintignons are survived by three sons, Ricky, Randy and Todd. Also surviving Mr. Saintignon is his father, Bernard Saintignon, R.R. 4, Union City; his mother, Naomi Thompson Saintignon, Arcanum rural route; five brothers, Marion, Duane, and Donald Saintignon, R.R. 4, Union City, Dennis Saintignon, Versailles, and Danny Saintignon, R.R. 3, Greenville; and one sister, Mrs. Barbara Clemens, R.R. 3, Greenville.
Mrs. Saintignon, in addition to her children, is survived by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Fritz, Pitsburg; two brothers, Eugene and Robert Fritz, and two sisters, Linda Lou and Patricia Ann Fritz, all at home.
Joint services will be held for the couple Tuesday at 9:30 a.m. at St. Mary's Catholic Church, where they were members. Reverend Father William Welch will officiate. Burial will be in the church cemetery. St. Mary's Rosary Altar Society and the Holy Name Society will hold a combined rosary service at the Oliver Funeral Home Sunday at 7:30 p.m. Friends may call at the funeral home after 7 p.m. Sunday.
SOURCE: front page of the Greenville Daily Advocate, Saturday, 31 Mar 1962
A Greenville couple, parents of three children, died at the Wayne hospital early this morning within an hour and a half after they had been thrown from their car after it ran into the side of a moving freight train.
Dead are Melvin L. Saintignon, 27, and his wife, Shirley Mae, 25. Their address is 1324 Dayton Road.
Mrs. Saintignon's father, Virgil Fritz, 44, Pitsburg, was treated at the hospital and released. A passenger in the auto, he, too, was thrown out, according to investigating authorities.
The accident occurred at the Markwith avenue crossing of the Pennsylvania railrpad about 11:25 p.m. when the scheduled freight train was moving westward from Columbus to Indianapolis.
The Greenville city police said it appeared that Saintignon had driven into the side of the train. The car was tossed about 10 feet west of the crossing and onto a side track. It was sitting upright on all four wheels.
Saintignon and his wife were picked up along the tracks, each about five feet from the car.
The city police report said Saintignon's injuries were a broken neck and a broken should blade and his wife's were listed as abdominal.
HEARS CRASH
Cletus Subler, night custodian of the State Highway said he heard the train passing, saw the car pass on Markwith avenue and then heard the crash. He stepped outside of the building and saw the beam of a light shining east and a cloud of dust.
Damage to the car was described as mostly on the front end.
The two deaths were the third and fourth automobile fatalities in Darke county in 1962. It was the first automobile death in Greenville since Ebb Bolyard, 78, of R.R. 4, Greenville, suffered fatal injuries when his car struck a railroad switch engine at the Vine street crossing September 14, 1960. He died two days later.
The Saintignons are survived by three sons, Ricky, Randy and Todd. Also surviving Mr. Saintignon is his father, Bernard Saintignon, R.R. 4, Union City; his mother, Naomi Thompson Saintignon, Arcanum rural route; five brothers, Marion, Duane, and Donald Saintignon, R.R. 4, Union City, Dennis Saintignon, Versailles, and Danny Saintignon, R.R. 3, Greenville; and one sister, Mrs. Barbara Clemens, R.R. 3, Greenville.
Mrs. Saintignon, in addition to her children, is survived by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Fritz, Pitsburg; two brothers, Eugene and Robert Fritz, and two sisters, Linda Lou and Patricia Ann Fritz, all at home.
Joint services will be held for the couple Tuesday at 9:30 a.m. at St. Mary's Catholic Church, where they were members. Reverend Father William Welch will officiate. Burial will be in the church cemetery. St. Mary's Rosary Altar Society and the Holy Name Society will hold a combined rosary service at the Oliver Funeral Home Sunday at 7:30 p.m. Friends may call at the funeral home after 7 p.m. Sunday.
SOURCE: front page of the Greenville Daily Advocate, Saturday, 31 Mar 1962
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