Cincinnati Post
January 1, 1948
Page 1:1
Postal Employee Dies in Accident On Newport Road
A hit-skip auto death and scores of traffic accidents were reported as a heavy midnight rain gave Greater Cincinnati a damp and slippery New Year. Sleet and snow will probably hit this section late Thursday.
Victim of the fatal mishap was Joseph Vernon Vulhop, 65, a mail clerk at the Cincinnati post office annex for 38 years.
Mr. Vulhop, who lived at 3 Baum street, Woodlawn, Newport, was found lying in front of 1107 Waterworks road, Newort, shortly after midnight. He died while being carried into Speers Memorial Hospital.
Police studied Mr. Vulhop's injuries and theorized he may have been knocked down by one auto and hit by a following car. There are no clues to the identity of the drivers.
Cincinnati Times Star
January 1, 1948
Page 1:7
Victim of Hit-Skip Auto Dies
First Greater Cincinnati Traffic Fatality of 1948 Recorded
Greater Cincinnati's first 1948 traffic fatality was reported at 12:35 a.m. Thursday when Joseph B. Vulhop, 66, 3 Baum Street, Newport, Ky., died as he was being taken to Speers Hospital, Dayton, Ky., by the Newport life-saving squad.
Victim of a hit-skip motorist, Vulhop was found lying in the street at 1107 Waterworks Road, Newport. Police believe he had been run over by several cars following the original accident. He was found by a passing motorist, Edward Keesing, 101 Electric Avenue, Bellevue.
Vulhop leaves a brother, Henry, 804 Ann Street, Newport, and a nephew, Fred Gullett, of the Baum Street address.
January 1, 1948
Page 1:1
Postal Employee Dies in Accident On Newport Road
A hit-skip auto death and scores of traffic accidents were reported as a heavy midnight rain gave Greater Cincinnati a damp and slippery New Year. Sleet and snow will probably hit this section late Thursday.
Victim of the fatal mishap was Joseph Vernon Vulhop, 65, a mail clerk at the Cincinnati post office annex for 38 years.
Mr. Vulhop, who lived at 3 Baum street, Woodlawn, Newport, was found lying in front of 1107 Waterworks road, Newort, shortly after midnight. He died while being carried into Speers Memorial Hospital.
Police studied Mr. Vulhop's injuries and theorized he may have been knocked down by one auto and hit by a following car. There are no clues to the identity of the drivers.
Cincinnati Times Star
January 1, 1948
Page 1:7
Victim of Hit-Skip Auto Dies
First Greater Cincinnati Traffic Fatality of 1948 Recorded
Greater Cincinnati's first 1948 traffic fatality was reported at 12:35 a.m. Thursday when Joseph B. Vulhop, 66, 3 Baum Street, Newport, Ky., died as he was being taken to Speers Hospital, Dayton, Ky., by the Newport life-saving squad.
Victim of a hit-skip motorist, Vulhop was found lying in the street at 1107 Waterworks Road, Newport. Police believe he had been run over by several cars following the original accident. He was found by a passing motorist, Edward Keesing, 101 Electric Avenue, Bellevue.
Vulhop leaves a brother, Henry, 804 Ann Street, Newport, and a nephew, Fred Gullett, of the Baum Street address.
Cincinnati Post
January 1, 1948
Page 1:1
Postal Employee Dies in Accident On Newport Road
A hit-skip auto death and scores of traffic accidents were reported as a heavy midnight rain gave Greater Cincinnati a damp and slippery New Year. Sleet and snow will probably hit this section late Thursday.
Victim of the fatal mishap was Joseph Vernon Vulhop, 65, a mail clerk at the Cincinnati post office annex for 38 years.
Mr. Vulhop, who lived at 3 Baum street, Woodlawn, Newport, was found lying in front of 1107 Waterworks road, Newort, shortly after midnight. He died while being carried into Speers Memorial Hospital.
Police studied Mr. Vulhop's injuries and theorized he may have been knocked down by one auto and hit by a following car. There are no clues to the identity of the drivers.
Cincinnati Times Star
January 1, 1948
Page 1:7
Victim of Hit-Skip Auto Dies
First Greater Cincinnati Traffic Fatality of 1948 Recorded
Greater Cincinnati's first 1948 traffic fatality was reported at 12:35 a.m. Thursday when Joseph B. Vulhop, 66, 3 Baum Street, Newport, Ky., died as he was being taken to Speers Hospital, Dayton, Ky., by the Newport life-saving squad.
Victim of a hit-skip motorist, Vulhop was found lying in the street at 1107 Waterworks Road, Newport. Police believe he had been run over by several cars following the original accident. He was found by a passing motorist, Edward Keesing, 101 Electric Avenue, Bellevue.
Vulhop leaves a brother, Henry, 804 Ann Street, Newport, and a nephew, Fred Gullett, of the Baum Street address.
January 1, 1948
Page 1:1
Postal Employee Dies in Accident On Newport Road
A hit-skip auto death and scores of traffic accidents were reported as a heavy midnight rain gave Greater Cincinnati a damp and slippery New Year. Sleet and snow will probably hit this section late Thursday.
Victim of the fatal mishap was Joseph Vernon Vulhop, 65, a mail clerk at the Cincinnati post office annex for 38 years.
Mr. Vulhop, who lived at 3 Baum street, Woodlawn, Newport, was found lying in front of 1107 Waterworks road, Newort, shortly after midnight. He died while being carried into Speers Memorial Hospital.
Police studied Mr. Vulhop's injuries and theorized he may have been knocked down by one auto and hit by a following car. There are no clues to the identity of the drivers.
Cincinnati Times Star
January 1, 1948
Page 1:7
Victim of Hit-Skip Auto Dies
First Greater Cincinnati Traffic Fatality of 1948 Recorded
Greater Cincinnati's first 1948 traffic fatality was reported at 12:35 a.m. Thursday when Joseph B. Vulhop, 66, 3 Baum Street, Newport, Ky., died as he was being taken to Speers Hospital, Dayton, Ky., by the Newport life-saving squad.
Victim of a hit-skip motorist, Vulhop was found lying in the street at 1107 Waterworks Road, Newport. Police believe he had been run over by several cars following the original accident. He was found by a passing motorist, Edward Keesing, 101 Electric Avenue, Bellevue.
Vulhop leaves a brother, Henry, 804 Ann Street, Newport, and a nephew, Fred Gullett, of the Baum Street address.
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