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/7883 Message Board Post: Head on Crash Kills Airman Instantly James Hester, Jr.,U. S. Air Force, was instantly. killed in a head-on collision June 30 at 11 :53 p.m. one block south of Rosamond on Highway 6. Hester met death when he was thrown from a car driven by Eugene Caldwell, 31, 6510th Medical Group, Edwards AFB, that ran into a car operated by Chester Otis Stevenson, 39, of Long Beach. Stevenson was accompanied by his wife, Margory and two children who were treated at Edwards AFB Hospital. Another passepger in the Caldwell vehicle was Timothy J. Sweeney, also an Edwards AFB serviceman. Both servicemen were taken to Mojave Hospital by O’Donnell ambulance for treatment. Investigation of the accident was made by California, Hwy. Patrol Officer Kenneth DeLaMarr. We were unable to learn what funeral arrangements were made for James Hester. Donald Briggs, 24, Edwards AF died Saturday July 3, from injuries he sustained in a roll-over acident on Hwy 466, four miles east of Mojave at 12:10 p,m. Thomas R Sick, 29, also of Edwards, a passenger, suffered major injuries and both men were taken to Mojave Hospital by O’Donnell ambulance. The body of Donald Briggs, whose home was in San Leandro, was shipped there for burial by the O’Donnell Funera1 Home. Posted by East Kern Genealogical Society Courtesy of Mojave Desert News California City, Kern, CA Published: 08 Jul 1954