| CLOUGH, George Harry: 17 Apr 1932 - 18 Oct 1952
Source: transcribed from microfilm image
The Coshocton Tribune, Coshocton, Ohio, Saturday Evening, October 18, 1952, p1
Driver of Auto Killed in Mishap On River Road
Trucker Hurt, Cargo of Wine Lost in Collision
A Man was instantly killed and another was slightly injured at 1:45 a.m. today when an automobile and truck collided head-on on Route 16, north of the General Electric Co. plant. George Harry Clough, 20, of 115 Chestnut st. died at the scene from a broken neck, fractured skull, internal injuries and a fractured right leg. He was driving alone in a passenger car. Sal Vitali, 30, New Brunswick, N.J., operating a truck containing wine in the bulk, received a bruised right knee. He was treated at the scene of the accident. Mr. Clough was pronounced dead upon arrival at Coshocton Memorial hospital. Coroner William E. Pfaadt said death was due to the accident. A state patrolman and local police, who investigated, said the death car struck the front end of the truck, careened, left the highway and overturned at the edge of the Muskingum river about 50 feet from the scene. The passenger car was reduced to a twisted mass of steel. The front end and body of the truck were badly damaged. It did not upset. The wine, which gushed from a damaged tank, was a total loss. Vitali said he made an effort to drive the truck out of the path of the oncoming car without success. He told the investigating officers that Clough and an unidentified motorist apparently were racing south on Route 16 at the time. The truck driver said he was transporting the wine from St. Louis, Mo., to New Brunswick. Mr. Clough was the fifth traffic fatality in the county so far this year.
Clough had been employed as a winder at the Stone Container Corp. plant here. He was a veteran of the Korean War, having served in the army since 1948. At the time of his discharge, May 14, 1951, he was a military policeman, stationed near Tokyo, Japan. He was born April 16, 1932, at Uhrichsville, and married Estella Hardesty, last Nov. 7. In addition to his widow, surviving are his mother, Mrs. Naomi Myers, 237 South Fifth St., and his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Clough, Uhrichsville. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Monday at the home of his mother in charge of Rev. Owen Lower of Fresno. Burial will be in South Lawn cemetery. The body will be removed fromt eh Dawson funeral home to the residence, where friends may call from 7 to 9 p.m. Sunday and until time for services.
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