A Miraculous Escape on the Road
A local man walks away uninjured after his car flips during a collision near Hanford.
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Edgar McConnachie had a narrow escape Monday evening when he had a collision with J. Macomber. The back wheel of Ed’s car ran over the hub of the Macomber car. Ed’s car turned completely over but he lay down in the seat and fortunately escaped injury. His car was badly wrecked. The Macomber car has a bent axle. All parties considered themselves very lucky that the result was no worse.
“Ed’s car turned completely over but he lay down in the seat and fortunately escaped injury.”
Car accidents were becoming a standard peril of the new motoring age in the 1920s, yet the casual reporting of this wreck highlights how dangerous the primitive, unpaved roads of the Priest Rapids valley truly were. Today, that stretch of land is largely transformed by the Hanford Site, but the precarious nature of rural travel remains a common concern in the region.
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