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Attica, OH Head On Auto Collision, July 1960

FIVE PERSONS KILLED IN OHIO AUTO CRASH.

Tiffin, O. (UPI) -- FIve persons were killed, four of them from one family, and two children critically injured today in a head-on collision on U.S. 224 about 12 miles west of here near Attica.
The state Highway Patrol post at Fremont said four of the dead were in a car driver by THOMAS EARL BRENNER, 31, Route 1, Hartford City, Ind., who was killed along with his wife, JOYCE, 27, and two of their children, SHERIL LYNN, 6, and DEBRA, 7.
Also killed was the driver of another car, ARNOLD JOSEPH MILLER, 22, Tiffin. Two of the BRENNER children, LARRY, 11, and GARY, 10, were listed in critical condition in Willard Municipal Hospital in Willard.
The patrol said MILLER, who was alone in his car, apparently lost control and went off the right side of the road, swerved back onto the highway and crossed the center line, crashing head-on into the BRENNER automobile.

Lebanon Daily News Pennsylvania 1960-07-16
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Researched and Transcribed by Stu Beitler. Thank you, Stu!

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