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/7686 Message Board Post: L.A. Man Killed in Crash Elliott Smith, 25, of Los Angeles, was killed on Sunday last about three miles south of Rosamond, when the sedan in which he was riding plowed into the rear end of a truck loaded with concrete. Driver of the auto was identified as Herbert Karskey of Los Angeles, Karskey and a third passenger, Harold P. Bray of Ocean Park were rushed to Lancaster Community Hospital in serious condition. The body of Smith was taken to the Mumaw Mortuary in Lancaster. Posted by East Kern Genealogical Society Courtesy of Mojave Desert News California City, Kern, CA Published: 23 Apr 1953