Two Emlenton RD women were killed and two others injured yesterday afternoon when their car was struck broadside and dragged 60 feet by a tractor-trailer on Route 8, just north of Barkeyville. Pronounced dead at 3:15 pm at Grove City Hospital were Ruth A. Morrison, 68, and her daughter-in-law, Esther J. Morrison, 47, both of Emlenton RD 3. Police said Esther Morrison was operating a 1970 station wagon east on a legislative route, when she apparently failed to stop at a stop sign at the Route 8 intersection one tenth mile north of Barkeyville. The Morrison vehicle traveled into the path of a 1977 International truck-tractor operated by Robert H. Biasetla, 40, of Poland, Ohio. The truck collided with the passenger car and dragged it 60 feet down the highway, then traveled another 180 feet and struck a telephone pole. The accident occurred at 2:50 pm. The Morrison car was demolished. Damage to the truck is estimated at $4000. Damage to the utility pole is set at $200. The Morrison women were pronounced dead by Mercer County Deputy Coroner Dr. Wonsettler. The younger woman died of compound skull fractures; her mother-in-law died of shock and skull fractures. Two passengers in the station wagon, Juanita Clark, 21, of Volant RD and her two-year-ld son, Michael, were also taken to Grove City Hospital by Gove City ambulance. Clark was admitted in satisfactory condition and her son was treated and released at the hospital emergency room.

ESTHER JOAN MORRISON - Esther Joan Morrison was born February 19, 1930, at Emlenton RD, where she lived most of her life. She was the daughter of the late Clair and Abigail Gerwick Levy. Her father died in 1955,and her mother in January of this year.
She was married to William Morrison, who survives.
She was a graduate of Emlenton High School and a member of Big Bend Methodist Church at Emlenton RD. Besides her husband, she is survived by two sons. They are Brian, serving with the U. S. Army in Colorado, and Herbert, at home. A daughter, Mrs. Gary (Patty Jo) Myers of Emlenton RD. also survives along with two brothers and two sisters. They are Donald Levy of St. Petersburg; Eugene Levy of Emlenton RD; Mrs. Arnold (Glenna)Jackson of Oil City; and Mrs. Robert (Eleanor) Anderson of Eau Claire. Two grandchildren also survive.Funeral arrangements are being handled by the Robert F. Criswell Funeral Home in Emlenton.
Visiting hours and the times of funeral services will be published in The Derrick (Oil City, Pa) on Wednesday.
SOURCE: Oil City Derrick, Tues., July 26, 1977. Pg 1

EMLENTON – A combined funeral service will be held at 2 pm Thursday for Mrs. Ruth A. Morrison and Mrs. Esther Joan Morrison, both of Emlenton RD, who were killed Monday when their car was struck by a tractor-trailer near Barkeyville. The service will be held at the Robert F. Criswell Funeral Home in Emlenton, where the family is receiving friends from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 pm today. Rev. Elroy Sayers, former pastor of the Big Bend Methodist Church, will officiate at the funeral service. He will be assisted by Rev. Ronald Williams, pastor. Mrs. Ruth Morrison will be buried in Scrubgrass Cemetery. Interment will be at Big Bend Cemetery for Mrs. Esther Morrison.
SOURCE: The Oil City Derrick, Oil City, Pa. Wed., July 27, 1977. Pg 16