CHARLES BOYLES FATALLY HURT AS CAR HITS TREE AT HORSHAM
Lansdale Stone Mason Dies Of Skull Fracture And Internal Injuries Short Time After Crash; Employed By Navy
MAY HAVE FALLEN ASLEEP AT WHEEL
Apparently having fallen asleep at the wheel of his motor car, Charles C. Boyles, thirty-one, of White's Corner, Lansdale, was fatally injured when his car hit a tree at Prospectville, Horsham township early this morning.
The man died of a fractured skull and internal injuries at 1:45, about one hour after being admitted to Abington Memorial Hospital.
There were no witnesses to the accident, although people residing in the neighborhood heard the crash and extricated Boyles' body from the wreckage of the motor car.
He was alone at the time, driving west on the Horsham road. The accident occurred a short time after he passed through the intersection of Prospectville near Whitemarsh Memorial Park.
Marks of the tires show that the machine left the road on the left side, and went directly into the tree. There was no sign of the brakes being applied or the car swerving suddenly, which is taken as an indication that Boyles must have dozed and did not realize that his car was off the road.
The motor was rammed back against the seat by the force of the impact. People who heard the crash and took the victim out of the car called for the Abington ambulance, and the victim died of his injuries at the hospital, according to the state Police.
Boyles, a stone mason, took over the business of his father after the latter was killed in a fall on a job at Elm Terrace Hospital, several years ago. More recently he had taken a job at the United States Navy Aircraft Modification Center, formerly the Brewster Corporation.
The widow, Blanche, survives, with three small children, all six or under; Judy, Charline, and Joel. The mans mother , Mrs. George Boyles, of Whites' Corner, also survives. There are two sisters, Mrs. Jacob Rittenhouse, Valley Forge road, and Mrs. George Aiken, North Wales.
Funeral arrangements have not been completed.
The North Penn Reporter
Monday, March 5, 1945
Lansdale Stone Mason Dies Of Skull Fracture And Internal Injuries Short Time After Crash; Employed By Navy
MAY HAVE FALLEN ASLEEP AT WHEEL
Apparently having fallen asleep at the wheel of his motor car, Charles C. Boyles, thirty-one, of White's Corner, Lansdale, was fatally injured when his car hit a tree at Prospectville, Horsham township early this morning.
The man died of a fractured skull and internal injuries at 1:45, about one hour after being admitted to Abington Memorial Hospital.
There were no witnesses to the accident, although people residing in the neighborhood heard the crash and extricated Boyles' body from the wreckage of the motor car.
He was alone at the time, driving west on the Horsham road. The accident occurred a short time after he passed through the intersection of Prospectville near Whitemarsh Memorial Park.
Marks of the tires show that the machine left the road on the left side, and went directly into the tree. There was no sign of the brakes being applied or the car swerving suddenly, which is taken as an indication that Boyles must have dozed and did not realize that his car was off the road.
The motor was rammed back against the seat by the force of the impact. People who heard the crash and took the victim out of the car called for the Abington ambulance, and the victim died of his injuries at the hospital, according to the state Police.
Boyles, a stone mason, took over the business of his father after the latter was killed in a fall on a job at Elm Terrace Hospital, several years ago. More recently he had taken a job at the United States Navy Aircraft Modification Center, formerly the Brewster Corporation.
The widow, Blanche, survives, with three small children, all six or under; Judy, Charline, and Joel. The mans mother , Mrs. George Boyles, of Whites' Corner, also survives. There are two sisters, Mrs. Jacob Rittenhouse, Valley Forge road, and Mrs. George Aiken, North Wales.
Funeral arrangements have not been completed.
The North Penn Reporter
Monday, March 5, 1945
CHARLES BOYLES FATALLY HURT AS CAR HITS TREE AT HORSHAM
Lansdale Stone Mason Dies Of Skull Fracture And Internal Injuries Short Time After Crash; Employed By Navy
MAY HAVE FALLEN ASLEEP AT WHEEL
Apparently having fallen asleep at the wheel of his motor car, Charles C. Boyles, thirty-one, of White's Corner, Lansdale, was fatally injured when his car hit a tree at Prospectville, Horsham township early this morning.
The man died of a fractured skull and internal injuries at 1:45, about one hour after being admitted to Abington Memorial Hospital.
There were no witnesses to the accident, although people residing in the neighborhood heard the crash and extricated Boyles' body from the wreckage of the motor car.
He was alone at the time, driving west on the Horsham road. The accident occurred a short time after he passed through the intersection of Prospectville near Whitemarsh Memorial Park.
Marks of the tires show that the machine left the road on the left side, and went directly into the tree. There was no sign of the brakes being applied or the car swerving suddenly, which is taken as an indication that Boyles must have dozed and did not realize that his car was off the road.
The motor was rammed back against the seat by the force of the impact. People who heard the crash and took the victim out of the car called for the Abington ambulance, and the victim died of his injuries at the hospital, according to the state Police.
Boyles, a stone mason, took over the business of his father after the latter was killed in a fall on a job at Elm Terrace Hospital, several years ago. More recently he had taken a job at the United States Navy Aircraft Modification Center, formerly the Brewster Corporation.
The widow, Blanche, survives, with three small children, all six or under; Judy, Charline, and Joel. The mans mother , Mrs. George Boyles, of Whites' Corner, also survives. There are two sisters, Mrs. Jacob Rittenhouse, Valley Forge road, and Mrs. George Aiken, North Wales.
Funeral arrangements have not been completed.
The North Penn Reporter
Monday, March 5, 1945
Lansdale Stone Mason Dies Of Skull Fracture And Internal Injuries Short Time After Crash; Employed By Navy
MAY HAVE FALLEN ASLEEP AT WHEEL
Apparently having fallen asleep at the wheel of his motor car, Charles C. Boyles, thirty-one, of White's Corner, Lansdale, was fatally injured when his car hit a tree at Prospectville, Horsham township early this morning.
The man died of a fractured skull and internal injuries at 1:45, about one hour after being admitted to Abington Memorial Hospital.
There were no witnesses to the accident, although people residing in the neighborhood heard the crash and extricated Boyles' body from the wreckage of the motor car.
He was alone at the time, driving west on the Horsham road. The accident occurred a short time after he passed through the intersection of Prospectville near Whitemarsh Memorial Park.
Marks of the tires show that the machine left the road on the left side, and went directly into the tree. There was no sign of the brakes being applied or the car swerving suddenly, which is taken as an indication that Boyles must have dozed and did not realize that his car was off the road.
The motor was rammed back against the seat by the force of the impact. People who heard the crash and took the victim out of the car called for the Abington ambulance, and the victim died of his injuries at the hospital, according to the state Police.
Boyles, a stone mason, took over the business of his father after the latter was killed in a fall on a job at Elm Terrace Hospital, several years ago. More recently he had taken a job at the United States Navy Aircraft Modification Center, formerly the Brewster Corporation.
The widow, Blanche, survives, with three small children, all six or under; Judy, Charline, and Joel. The mans mother , Mrs. George Boyles, of Whites' Corner, also survives. There are two sisters, Mrs. Jacob Rittenhouse, Valley Forge road, and Mrs. George Aiken, North Wales.
Funeral arrangements have not been completed.
The North Penn Reporter
Monday, March 5, 1945
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