This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Patten, Cunningham Classification: Death Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/JW.2ADE/8025 Message Board Post: Three Killed; One Injured In Head On Crash Three persons, Otis Allen "Smokey" Kelley of Mojave and Mr. and Mrs. Rex Nix of Lancaster were killed and Robert Pierce, Mojave was critically injured in a traffic accident April 16 at 11:50 p.m. on Ave. H at 96th Street East Lancaster area. These lives were snuffed out in a terrific head-on collision that demolished both cars. Shirley Jane Nix 33, of 45044 North Fig Ave. Lancaster, driver of vehicle A and her husband Rex Dale Nix of same address were westbound on Ave. H when vehicle B, driven by Otis Allen Kelley, 23, of Mojave struck their car head-on. Robert Pierce, 17, of 313 Shasta Street, Mojave, a passenger in Kelley's car was critically injured and the other three persons were pronounced D.O.A. at Lancaster Community Hospital. Fred Millican, 63, Of 44039 Cedar Ave., Lancaster, driving upon the scene, shortly after the collision, ran into the back of the Nix car while attempting to miss the wrecked cars. No injury was sustained by Mr. Millican, according to Lancaster Sheriff's office reports released. A late bulletin on Robert Pierce obtained from Lancaster Community Hospital stated the boy had been sent to Los Angeles Tuesday for eye surgery to be performed by Dr. Hull. 21 Apr 1955 , Funeral Services For Accident Victim Funeral services for Otis A. (Smokey) Kelley, 23, will be held today, Thursday, at 10 a.m. with full military honors. Rosary was recited Wednesday, April 20 at 8 p.m. in the O'Donnell Funeral Home Chapel. Young Kelley was killed in ahead-on collision, April 17 near Lancaster. He was born July 16, 1931 in Santa Fe, New Mexico and had been a resident of California for 10 years five of which were spent in Mojave, where he had been employed as a switchman for the Southern Pacific. He is a Marine Corps veteran of the Korean War and was the holder of several medals. Military services will be held by Marines stationed at MCAAS here. Interment will be in Mojave Cemetery. Survivors are his mother, Mrs. Rose Patten, Mojave and grandmother, Mrs. John Cunningham of Santa Fe, N. M. Posted by East Kern Genealogical Society Courtesy of Mojave Desert News California City, Kern, CA Published: 21 Apr 1955