1962-07-30 Ames Daily Tribune page 16:
Five more fatalities on highways
By United Press International
Five persons died in weekend traffic accidents in Iowa.
The fatalities boosted the 1962 highway toll to 292, which was 52 less than through July 29 last year.
Killed were: Mrs. Melvin Nelson, 19, Delaware; Mrs. Roger Tray, 19, Delaware; Duane R. Bittner, 28, Des Moines; Mrs. Florence Edith Den Hartog, 44, Hospers; and Wilfred Carew, 46, rural Wyoming.
Bittner was killed Saturday night when his car crashed into a bridge abutment on Iowa 215 about three miles south of Eldora. He was alone in the car, driving to pick up his wife and family at Gifford. Bittner died only two miles from his destination, where his family was visiting.
Five more fatalities on highways
By United Press International
Five persons died in weekend traffic accidents in Iowa.
The fatalities boosted the 1962 highway toll to 292, which was 52 less than through July 29 last year.
Killed were: Mrs. Melvin Nelson, 19, Delaware; Mrs. Roger Tray, 19, Delaware; Duane R. Bittner, 28, Des Moines; Mrs. Florence Edith Den Hartog, 44, Hospers; and Wilfred Carew, 46, rural Wyoming.
Bittner was killed Saturday night when his car crashed into a bridge abutment on Iowa 215 about three miles south of Eldora. He was alone in the car, driving to pick up his wife and family at Gifford. Bittner died only two miles from his destination, where his family was visiting.
1962-07-30 Ames Daily Tribune page 16:
Five more fatalities on highways
By United Press International
Five persons died in weekend traffic accidents in Iowa.
The fatalities boosted the 1962 highway toll to 292, which was 52 less than through July 29 last year.
Killed were: Mrs. Melvin Nelson, 19, Delaware; Mrs. Roger Tray, 19, Delaware; Duane R. Bittner, 28, Des Moines; Mrs. Florence Edith Den Hartog, 44, Hospers; and Wilfred Carew, 46, rural Wyoming.
Bittner was killed Saturday night when his car crashed into a bridge abutment on Iowa 215 about three miles south of Eldora. He was alone in the car, driving to pick up his wife and family at Gifford. Bittner died only two miles from his destination, where his family was visiting.
Five more fatalities on highways
By United Press International
Five persons died in weekend traffic accidents in Iowa.
The fatalities boosted the 1962 highway toll to 292, which was 52 less than through July 29 last year.
Killed were: Mrs. Melvin Nelson, 19, Delaware; Mrs. Roger Tray, 19, Delaware; Duane R. Bittner, 28, Des Moines; Mrs. Florence Edith Den Hartog, 44, Hospers; and Wilfred Carew, 46, rural Wyoming.
Bittner was killed Saturday night when his car crashed into a bridge abutment on Iowa 215 about three miles south of Eldora. He was alone in the car, driving to pick up his wife and family at Gifford. Bittner died only two miles from his destination, where his family was visiting.
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