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/7915 Message Board Post: Crash Kills One, Injures Four A head on crash between two automobiles last Friday' night at 8:30 p.m., 3 miles west of Mojave on Hwy. 466 caused major injuries to five people, one of whom died Tuesday in a Mojave hospital. Fatally injured was C. F. Nikkel of Reedly, Calif., who was a passenger in the car, a '41 Plymouth, driven by Samuel Adrian of Fresno, other riders in the death car were the driver's wife, Mrs. Adrian and a Mrs. Turah Green of Dinuba. Mr. Nikkel's body was taken to the O'Donnell Funeral Home from which it will be shipped to Reedly for burial. Driver of the other car concerned, a '47 Cheve, was Charles Palmer of Lamont, Calif., who was headed south into Mojave. He and Mrs. Green were taken to Kern General Hospital and the other injured were removed to Mojave Medical Center. Investigation of the tragic accident was made by Highway Patrol t officers Ray Brown and Don Dutcher. A coroners hearing was held in Mojave on Wednesday morning at the O 'Donnell Funeral Home and the verdict was accidental death. Posted by East Kern Genealogical Society Courtesy of Mojave Desert News California City, Kern, CA Published: 11 Nov 1954 CADI Nikkel, Cornelius Frank b. 16 Apr 1882, Kan. d. 09 Nov1954,