Crossville Chronicle March 14, 1940
Tragedy struck at 10 a.m. Tuesday on Hwy 70N when Walter Cooper, 23, Jamestown, crashed into a bridge about a mile west of Triangle Café and was killed instantly; the car he was driving was reduced to a mass of junk.
Cooper started for Crossville in a car owned by "Bully" Garrett. When a reached a point a short distance from Dykes Camp he stopped and asked help to "push him off" in starting the car. He drove away rapidly and was followed by the car of some Wisconsin people who gave him the push. The Wisconsin car was the first to reach the bridge after the accident, but the tragedy had taken place. They went to the home of Mr and Mrs Walter Stewart to call an ambulance. His body was brought to Crossville and then to his home.
The Wisconsin people said they drove at around 60 mph and could not keep up with him. Cooper was killed instantly {exceedingly descriptive section redacted}.
The young man is survived by his mother and one sister of Jamestown. This is not the first car tragedy that has visited the family, as the father of the dead youth, William Cooper, was killed some 5 years ago. He was under a truck adjusting the brakes when the truck rolled back and crushed him to death. That accident occurred a few miles north of Jamestown.
Tragedy struck at 10 a.m. Tuesday on Hwy 70N when Walter Cooper, 23, Jamestown, crashed into a bridge about a mile west of Triangle Café and was killed instantly; the car he was driving was reduced to a mass of junk.
Cooper started for Crossville in a car owned by "Bully" Garrett. When a reached a point a short distance from Dykes Camp he stopped and asked help to "push him off" in starting the car. He drove away rapidly and was followed by the car of some Wisconsin people who gave him the push. The Wisconsin car was the first to reach the bridge after the accident, but the tragedy had taken place. They went to the home of Mr and Mrs Walter Stewart to call an ambulance. His body was brought to Crossville and then to his home.
The Wisconsin people said they drove at around 60 mph and could not keep up with him. Cooper was killed instantly {exceedingly descriptive section redacted}.
The young man is survived by his mother and one sister of Jamestown. This is not the first car tragedy that has visited the family, as the father of the dead youth, William Cooper, was killed some 5 years ago. He was under a truck adjusting the brakes when the truck rolled back and crushed him to death. That accident occurred a few miles north of Jamestown.
Crossville Chronicle March 14, 1940
Tragedy struck at 10 a.m. Tuesday on Hwy 70N when Walter Cooper, 23, Jamestown, crashed into a bridge about a mile west of Triangle Café and was killed instantly; the car he was driving was reduced to a mass of junk.
Cooper started for Crossville in a car owned by "Bully" Garrett. When a reached a point a short distance from Dykes Camp he stopped and asked help to "push him off" in starting the car. He drove away rapidly and was followed by the car of some Wisconsin people who gave him the push. The Wisconsin car was the first to reach the bridge after the accident, but the tragedy had taken place. They went to the home of Mr and Mrs Walter Stewart to call an ambulance. His body was brought to Crossville and then to his home.
The Wisconsin people said they drove at around 60 mph and could not keep up with him. Cooper was killed instantly {exceedingly descriptive section redacted}.
The young man is survived by his mother and one sister of Jamestown. This is not the first car tragedy that has visited the family, as the father of the dead youth, William Cooper, was killed some 5 years ago. He was under a truck adjusting the brakes when the truck rolled back and crushed him to death. That accident occurred a few miles north of Jamestown.
Tragedy struck at 10 a.m. Tuesday on Hwy 70N when Walter Cooper, 23, Jamestown, crashed into a bridge about a mile west of Triangle Café and was killed instantly; the car he was driving was reduced to a mass of junk.
Cooper started for Crossville in a car owned by "Bully" Garrett. When a reached a point a short distance from Dykes Camp he stopped and asked help to "push him off" in starting the car. He drove away rapidly and was followed by the car of some Wisconsin people who gave him the push. The Wisconsin car was the first to reach the bridge after the accident, but the tragedy had taken place. They went to the home of Mr and Mrs Walter Stewart to call an ambulance. His body was brought to Crossville and then to his home.
The Wisconsin people said they drove at around 60 mph and could not keep up with him. Cooper was killed instantly {exceedingly descriptive section redacted}.
The young man is survived by his mother and one sister of Jamestown. This is not the first car tragedy that has visited the family, as the father of the dead youth, William Cooper, was killed some 5 years ago. He was under a truck adjusting the brakes when the truck rolled back and crushed him to death. That accident occurred a few miles north of Jamestown.
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