CLARENCE KUNZ

Clarence Kunz, Rt. 2, Two Rivers, was fatally injured last night
when his car crashed into a tree at 27th Street and Meadow Lane.
No one saw the crash. Police said Kunz was evidently driving west
on Western Avenue, failed to make the bend onto Meadow Lane, and
hit the curbing on the northwest corner. The front wheels of the
car jumped the curbing but the rear wheels crashed against the
curb and the car slid sideways into a tree. Kunz was crushed
against the tree.
No inquest.
The accident gave Manitowoc city and county the first highway
fatality of 1941. District attorney John C. Danielson, Assistant
District Attorney Patrick Dewane, and Dr. Theodore Teitgen, county
coroner, said today after investigating the crash that there will
be no inquest.
Kunz died at 10:18 last night at the Holy Family Hospital where he
was taken in the police ambulance after the crash which occurred at
8:28. The youth suffered a broken neck, a skull fracture, broken
ribs, a broken left leg and left jaw, and numerous minor breaks as
well as cuts and bruises. He did not recover consciousness before
he died. Authorities said that Kunz evidently fell asleep as he
reached the bend in the street. The only other alternative, police
said, was that he was traveling at a high rate of speed.
Orson Rosinsky, 537 River Drive, was first to reach the scene of
the accident. Neighbors, who heard the crash, called police.
Officers Andrew Pribek and Daniel Langenkamp took the ambulance to
the scene and officer Emil Schultz filed the report at the police
station. Chief J.J. Kuplic arrived a few moments after the crash.
Kunz’s car was completely wrecked in the smash-up.
Manitowoc Herald Times, Monday, January 13, 1941
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(son of Frank and Rose).