This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Death Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/JW.2ADE/7891 Message Board Post: Non Collision Fatal Accident Another fatality was chalked up for auto-accidents in Kern County on Wednesday morning, July 14, at 6:20 a.m. Rose Gerbo of Redwood City, Calif., was pronounced dead on arrival at the Mojave Medical Center when a 1952 Chevrolet pickup in which she was riding as a passenger, ran off Highway 466 and sheared off a telephone pole 2 1/2 miles east of Mojave. The driver, Theodosia Mary Potter, of 135 Nueva Ave., Redwood City, told investigating officer K. D. La Marr that she fell asleep and lost control of the car. Paulette Goehring, 11, of San, Bernardino, also a passenger, suffered shock, but was otherwise unharmed in the accident. O'Donnll ambulance brought both the driver and passengers to Mojave Medical Center where Mrs. Potter was treated for critical injuries. The body was shipped to Antioch, Calif. for funeral services Wednesday evening by O'Donnell Funeral Home in Mojave. Posted by East Kern Genealogical Society Courtesy of Mojave Desert News California City, Kern, CA Published: 15 Jul 1954