harold edison smitherman
H. E. Smitherman, 59, salesman
of Baton Rouge, died almost in- stantly when the car which he was
driving collided with a truck a- bout five miles south of Eunice on the
Crowley road.
The accident occurred about 3:30 p. m. Wednesday during a heavy downpour. Smitherman died as he was being taken to a Eunice hospital in an Ardoin ambulance.
Testimony at an inquest held shortly after the tragedy revealed that the accident occurred when a tire on a truck owned by the Brown and Root Construction Co. of Houston blew out and the truck swerved into the Smitherman automobile. Driver of the truck was Merrill Gaspard of Eunice, who received minor injuries.
The coroner's jury returned a verdict of accidental death and. Gaspard was not held.
The Smitherman automobile was completely demolished. Smither- man was a salesman for a New Orleans concern.
The accident occurred about 3:30 p. m. Wednesday during a heavy downpour. Smitherman died as he was being taken to a Eunice hospital in an Ardoin ambulance.
Testimony at an inquest held shortly after the tragedy revealed that the accident occurred when a tire on a truck owned by the Brown and Root Construction Co. of Houston blew out and the truck swerved into the Smitherman automobile. Driver of the truck was Merrill Gaspard of Eunice, who received minor injuries.
The coroner's jury returned a verdict of accidental death and. Gaspard was not held.
The Smitherman automobile was completely demolished. Smither- man was a salesman for a New Orleans concern.