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West Branch, MI Passenger Car And Truck Collision, Sep 1937

Posted March 27th, 2009 by Stu Beitler

TOLL IN CRASH RISES TO SEVEN.

West Branch, Mich., Sept. 5. -- (AP) -- Four more persons died today, raising to seven the number of victims of a collision between a passenger car and a truck three miles east of here last night.
The dead:
MRS. GAYLE KNAPP, 25, of Pontiac.
OWEN KNAPP, 2, her son.
MRS. SARAH FOOTE, 65, Auburn, Ind.
A three-month-old infant, child of MR. and MRS. MERTON GREEN, 45, of Rochester, Mich.
GAYNE KNAPP, 29, Pontiac, Mich.
ROBERT KNAPP, 5.
GREEN, KNAPP and ROBERT KNAPP were killed instantly.
State Police said it appeared that the car driven by MERTON GREEN had collided head-on with the truck at the top of a hill. The Indiana woman was a passenger in the truck.

Titusville Herald Pennsylvania 1937-09-06
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Researched and Transcribed by Stu Beitler. Thank you, Stu!

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