Accident

KOON, INGWERSEN

Posted By: Jo (email)
Date: 5/30/2007 at 10:41:31

REPAIRED RIGHT WINDOW
On his way home after having the right door window repaired, Dr. Charles Koon, 76, veterinarian, met death as he attempted to cross Highway 64 at Monmouth Thursday morning. Struck on the right side by an eastbound truck, the car, was hurtled approximately 150 feet down the highway. The truck loaded with feed, swerved off the road and into a front yard, where it overturned and landed on its side. The driver, Herbert Ingwersen, 23, of Preston, was only slightly injured.
DATE OF ACCIDENT: 7 July 1951
SOURCE: Private collection of newspaper clippings