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/7926 Message Board Post: Elderly Man Dies, Eight Others Hurt Two Plymouths, one old and the other a 1954 model collided 1 1/2 miles west of Mojave on Hwy. 466 Thursday, November 11 at 12:50 a.m. killing an elderly man and injuring eight others. Cause of the accident was slippery pavement, according to Highway Patrol Officer, K. D. LaMarr. Coleman Edward Jennings, 20, 6510th Food Service Squadron, E. A. F. B., was the driver of the older Plymouth. He was headed east toward Mojave when the mishap occurred. Driver of the death vehicle was James Henry Thompson 826 Pepper Dr., San Diego. His mother, Mrs. Bertha Elizabeth Thompson, was killed. A son, Michael James, aged 20 months, suffered major injuries and a third passenger, Mary Christoban, sustained minor injuries. Passengers in the Jennings car were Troy Lavoy Grimes, Duane James Bell, and George Edward Henson who were taken to Mojave hospital with minor injuries. A fourth rider, Joe Frank Scroggins was more seriously injured in the smashup. Mrs. Thompson's body was removed to Ropson Mortuary in Bakersfield, who shipped it to Texas for burial. Posted by East Kern Genealogical Society Courtesy of Mojave Desert News California City, Kern, CA Published: 18 Nov 1954 Transcriber's note: The confusion in this article is "as written".