"The Lincoln Journal Star"
November 25, 1968
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3 KILLED IN HEAD-ON CRASH
Three people were killed and a small Lincoln boy hospitalized in good condition following a two-car head-on collision at 70th and Pioneers Blvd. in Lincoln early Sunday morning.
Those killed were identified by the Nebraska State Patrol as Mrs. Judith Hitz, 24, of 1402 No. 23rd, Lincoln; her sister and passenger in the car, Linda Lou Kress, 20, of Sterling; and Douglas Boyd, 22, of Papillion.
Mrs. Hitz's five-year-old son Allen, also a passenger in the Hitz auto, was hospitilized with severe facial injuries at Bryan Memorial Hospital shortly after the accident.
A rescue unit from Lincoln was forced to use cutting equipment to free the occupants of the Hitz car. Officials said the motor was pushed into the front section of the passenger compartment.
Officials said the accident apparently occurred when Mr. Boyd tried to pass another vehicle and collided with the Hitz car.
Mr. Boyd's vehicle then went over the top of the Hitz car and landed on its top approximately ten feet in front of the Hitz car.
"From all indications," a patrol official said, "the three were killed instantly. The boy, luckily, was asleep on the rear seat of the Hitz car at the time and escaped with facial injuries."
A local garage mechanic said the two cars were "completely and totally damaged."
November 25, 1968
Page 1
3 KILLED IN HEAD-ON CRASH
Three people were killed and a small Lincoln boy hospitalized in good condition following a two-car head-on collision at 70th and Pioneers Blvd. in Lincoln early Sunday morning.
Those killed were identified by the Nebraska State Patrol as Mrs. Judith Hitz, 24, of 1402 No. 23rd, Lincoln; her sister and passenger in the car, Linda Lou Kress, 20, of Sterling; and Douglas Boyd, 22, of Papillion.
Mrs. Hitz's five-year-old son Allen, also a passenger in the Hitz auto, was hospitilized with severe facial injuries at Bryan Memorial Hospital shortly after the accident.
A rescue unit from Lincoln was forced to use cutting equipment to free the occupants of the Hitz car. Officials said the motor was pushed into the front section of the passenger compartment.
Officials said the accident apparently occurred when Mr. Boyd tried to pass another vehicle and collided with the Hitz car.
Mr. Boyd's vehicle then went over the top of the Hitz car and landed on its top approximately ten feet in front of the Hitz car.
"From all indications," a patrol official said, "the three were killed instantly. The boy, luckily, was asleep on the rear seat of the Hitz car at the time and escaped with facial injuries."
A local garage mechanic said the two cars were "completely and totally damaged."
"The Lincoln Journal Star"
November 25, 1968
Page 1
3 KILLED IN HEAD-ON CRASH
Three people were killed and a small Lincoln boy hospitalized in good condition following a two-car head-on collision at 70th and Pioneers Blvd. in Lincoln early Sunday morning.
Those killed were identified by the Nebraska State Patrol as Mrs. Judith Hitz, 24, of 1402 No. 23rd, Lincoln; her sister and passenger in the car, Linda Lou Kress, 20, of Sterling; and Douglas Boyd, 22, of Papillion.
Mrs. Hitz's five-year-old son Allen, also a passenger in the Hitz auto, was hospitilized with severe facial injuries at Bryan Memorial Hospital shortly after the accident.
A rescue unit from Lincoln was forced to use cutting equipment to free the occupants of the Hitz car. Officials said the motor was pushed into the front section of the passenger compartment.
Officials said the accident apparently occurred when Mr. Boyd tried to pass another vehicle and collided with the Hitz car.
Mr. Boyd's vehicle then went over the top of the Hitz car and landed on its top approximately ten feet in front of the Hitz car.
"From all indications," a patrol official said, "the three were killed instantly. The boy, luckily, was asleep on the rear seat of the Hitz car at the time and escaped with facial injuries."
A local garage mechanic said the two cars were "completely and totally damaged."
November 25, 1968
Page 1
3 KILLED IN HEAD-ON CRASH
Three people were killed and a small Lincoln boy hospitalized in good condition following a two-car head-on collision at 70th and Pioneers Blvd. in Lincoln early Sunday morning.
Those killed were identified by the Nebraska State Patrol as Mrs. Judith Hitz, 24, of 1402 No. 23rd, Lincoln; her sister and passenger in the car, Linda Lou Kress, 20, of Sterling; and Douglas Boyd, 22, of Papillion.
Mrs. Hitz's five-year-old son Allen, also a passenger in the Hitz auto, was hospitilized with severe facial injuries at Bryan Memorial Hospital shortly after the accident.
A rescue unit from Lincoln was forced to use cutting equipment to free the occupants of the Hitz car. Officials said the motor was pushed into the front section of the passenger compartment.
Officials said the accident apparently occurred when Mr. Boyd tried to pass another vehicle and collided with the Hitz car.
Mr. Boyd's vehicle then went over the top of the Hitz car and landed on its top approximately ten feet in front of the Hitz car.
"From all indications," a patrol official said, "the three were killed instantly. The boy, luckily, was asleep on the rear seat of the Hitz car at the time and escaped with facial injuries."
A local garage mechanic said the two cars were "completely and totally damaged."
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