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/8016 Message Board Post: Auto Crash Wipes Out Half of Family A second tragic auto accident on Highway 6-3/4 mile south of Rosamond, wiped out ha1f the members of the Charles Griffin family, Monday, August 1st shortly before midnight. Killed in the bloody wreck were Charles William Griffin, assistant manager of the Lancaster Safeway store; his wife Helen and two of their six children; Mary 4, and Patrick Michael, 3 months. According to authorities, this was the worst single traffic accident in 1955 to occur in Kern County. The ill fated Griffin vehicle was headed south when it was struck partially head on and turned over, according to reports by the Calif. Hwy Patrol and released by Sgt. Jack Bourdeau. Driver of the other car was Les C. Schultz, 19, of Redondo Beach who, with his brother Walter Marvell, 22, were taken to Mojave Medical Center in serious condition. All available ambulances from O'Donnell ambulance service, A. V. ambulance service and Edwards Air Force Base. Two of the seriously injured Griffin children, Pauline 5, and Shirley Jean 2, were taken to Kern Gen. hospital, 2 others, Chas. William Jr. 4, and Judith Ann 7, were supposedly still in critical condition at Mojave Hospital. Posted by East Kern Genealogical Society Courtesy of Mojave Desert News California City, Kern, CA Published: 04 Aug 1955