1927 - 1957
Handwritten-Mon. Feb. 4, 1957
ONE KILLED, TWO HURT IN JAY CO. CRASH
WINCHESTER MAN, FORMERLY OF PORTLAND FATALLY HURT
Portland, Feb.
4—Perry C. Frakes, 29, Winchester, former Portland resident, died at 4:40
p.m. Saturday in the Jay County Hospital of injuries suffered in a one-car
accident earlier in the day seven miles southwest of this city. He died of a
skull fracture.
Two others were hurt in the mishap, both of whom are
hospitalized here. Paul Twigg, 43, Portland, is listed in critical
condition, while the condition of James Wheeler, 46, also of Portland is
reported “fair.” Twigg has a skull fracture, lacerations of the head and
face, and Wheeler has a dislocated right shoulder, broken jaw and
lacerations.
State Police were advised that the Twigg car was traveling at a high rate of
speed when it started to swerve and skid. The vehicle jumped a six-foot
ditch, rolled over several times and overturned along the Nickel Plate
Railroad right-of-way. The policed added it (missing) [Buried Green Park
Cemetery, Portland, Jay County, Indiana]
Adams County
(IN) Historical Museum
1955 March-April 1958 Scrapbook, image 87
Transcribed by Janice Vasilovski
Forwarded by Margie Roop Pearce
Buried in Green Park Cemetery