ONE DEAD, THREE INJURED AS CYCLE STRIKES FAMILY GROUP SUNDAY EVE.
A three year old child, Luther Bollinger, is dead, his mother, Mrs. Alice Bollinger of Steelton, Charles Cooper, Wiconisco, driver of a motorcycle and Lester Shiley, a miner of Wiconisco, were injured Sunday evening, when the cycle Cooper was operating ploughed into the Hollinger family group on the the highway near Waynesville, Sunday evening.
Mrs. Bollinger and three children, Betty Bollinger, 5, Luther Bollinger, 3, and Ammon Bollinger, 1, had been visiting at the home of a cousin, Harry Sweigard in Powls Valley and they had accompanied Mr. and Mrs. Sweigard to Waynesville to attend religious services in a tent.
Sweigard, it is said, parked his car by the side of the road, Mrs. Bollinger was carrying her youngest child, Ammon Bollinger, and took Luther Bollinger’s hand to cross the street.
The cycle struck the mother and Luther Bollinger. Ammon Bollinger, who was thrown from her arms, was uninjured. The mother and her two boys were taken to the Polyclinic Hospital in Harrisburg by a motorist, where it was found that Luther was dead from a fractured scull. He had also received a fracture of the right leg. Mrs. Bollinger was discharged after being treated for minor injuries.
A second motorist took Cooper the driver and Shiley, who was riding in the side car to the Harrisburg Hospital. Cooper sustained abrasions and contusions and was discharged from the institution after treatment. Shiley however, received contusions of the face, knee and left hand, a possible fractured scull and internal injuries.
Cooper is being held by the State High Patrol on a charge of involuntary manslaughter. According to the Patrol, Cooper claimed he was blinded by lights of an automobile and did not see the Bollingers cross the street.
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From a local newspaper at the time of the accident, 1932.
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