Two persons, one a 21-year-old mother of two daughters, died
Friday in a Vinita hospital of injuries they received in two
separate auto accidents on U.S. 66 southwest of Vinita.
Mrs. Maxine Willa Gean Hardin, the young mother, died of
head and internal injuries about 3 p.m. She was hit by an
automobile last Monday night as she walked on Big Cabin
bridge, a mile west of the northeastern Oklahoma town.
Driver of the car, who was not held, told officers he was
blinded by the lights of an oncoming vehicle.
Ira Leonard Gasaway jr., 23, Tulsa, died early Friday less
than two hours after a four-car crash 10 ˝ miles west of
Vinita.
Gasaway’s sister, Miss Dorothy Gasaway, 21, and Robert M.
Meeks, 40, both of Tulsa and passengers in Gasaway’s car,
were taken to the hospital with minor injuries, and Robert
Dale McCullough, also of Tulsa, one of the other drivers,
suffered a broken leg.
From The Oklahoma, 5/15/1948
Donated by:
Emily Jordan
