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- Niagara Gazette - 10/26/1970
LOCKPORT - A barely
scarred tree, inches from an
untouched telephone pole, and
a badly mangled car gave
mute testimony today to an
accident early Sunday which
took the lives of three men.
Pronounced dead on arrival
at Lockport Memorial
Hospital were:
Raymond D. Simmons Jr.,
23, of 4175 Day Road, Town
of Lockport, the driver, with
head and chest injuries.
James P. Meyers, 22, of 1
Ohio St., a passenger, head
injuries.
Samuel L. Sterling, 28 of
2720 Main St., Newfane, also
a passenger, was transferred
from Memorial here to Mount
St. Mary's Hospital, Town of
Lewiston, where he died at
about 4 a.m. Sunday. He had
suffered internal injuries.
Traveled at High Speed
Patrolmen William Parker
and Charles Sobieraski said
the crash occurred about 1:10
a.m. Sunday in Ohio Street.
Unable to question the driver
or his passengers, they said
the car had evidently been
traveling west in Stevens
Street at a high rate of speed
and was unable to stop for
the stop sign at the point the
s t r e e t dead-ended at Ohio
Street. They said the car apparently
crossed Ohio Street
and smashed into the tree,
knocking a "no parking" sign
off its metal post.
Police said Sterling had
been riding in the back seat
of the car with Meyers sitting
in the front beside the driver.
They said Simmons and
Meyers had been thrown
agak*t the dashboard and
windshield and that Storting
had been thrown against the
back of the front s e a t.
Although the late model sedan
was equipped with seat belts,
police said they were not in
use alUiough no one was
ejected from the car.
An apparent witness to the
crash was a night watchman
of the Upson Co. in Stevens
Street, Roger Baker of 1566
Van Buren St., Olcott.
As crowds gathered around
the death car parked in a
service station yard later
Sunday, the entire front of
It was concave, having been
wrapped almost completely
around the tree. The door on
the passenger side, obviously
sprung, hung c o m p l e t e ly
open.
Survivors Are Listed
Sterling made his home
with his mother, Mrs. Mary
Sterling, who survives him. He
Is also survived by a son,
Samuel, and a daughter,
Dorothy; a brother, Douglas
Storllng of Lockport; a sister,
Mrs. Paul Flagler of Midd-
l e p o r t and his two
grandmothers, Mrs. Gertrude
Sweeney of Newfane and Mrs
Rhoda Useomian of Lockport.
He had attended the
Newfane Central Schools and
°was unemployed at the time
of his death.
Friends may call at the
Kenneth H. Sherrie Funeral
Home, 6139 E a s t Ave.,
Newfane, where services will
be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday.
Burial will be in Hartland
Central Cemetery, Town of
Hartland.
Simmons was born i n
Owosso, Mich., and had lived
in the Lockport area for the
past 14 years. He was graduated
from R o y al t o n -
Hartland Central School and
attended Michigan S t a te
University. He earned a
degree in business administration
from the S t a te
University at Buffalo last
February and had been plan-
ning to enroll in law school.
He had been an active
member of the Lockport jaycees
and served that group
as secretary. He was also a
member of First Baptist
Church here and was active
in youth organizations of the
church.
, Besides his parents, Mr.
and' Mrs. Raymond D. Simmons
Sr., he is survived by
four brothers, Robert D. and
Richard D., both of Lansing,
Mich., and Russell D. and
Ralph D. Simmons, both at
home; three sisters, Dianne
Kay, Karen M. and Susan K.
Simmons, all at home.
Friends may call from 2
to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. at the
Prudden and Kandt Funeral
Home, 242 Genesee St., where
services will be held at 2 p.m.
Tuesday.
Burial will be in Cold
Springs Cemetery.
Meyers was a native
Lockportian and, for the past
three years, had been
employed by the Johler
Machine and Manufacturing
Co. here.
He is survived by his
father, K e n n e t h Meyers
Lockport; his mother, Mrs.
Bertha Roush of Middleport,
a brother, Keith of Lockport,
a sister Noreen Meyers of
Lockport; a stepbrother,
Roger Roush of Middleport,
and his grandmothers, Mrs.
William Kurth of Lockport
and Mrs. Dora Palmer of
Middleport.
Friends may call from 2
to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. today
and Tuesday, at the Gaul
Funeral Home, 263 East Ave.,
where services will be held
at 1 p.m. Wednesday.
Burial will be in Cold
Spring Cemetery.
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