Augusta Chronicle, Georgia
14 March 1954
(Viewed online at GenealogyBank.)
One man killed, two badly hurt in truck crash.
FAIRFAX, S.C., March 13 -- One person was killed and two others were seriously injured early thisw morning near here when two racing trucks collided and went out of control.
[A] Fairfax policeman who was pursuing the speeding vehicles, identified the victims as Leroy Williams of Sycamore, dead of multiple injuries...
[The policeman] said the accident occurred on a curve between Fairfax and Sycamore on Highway 301. He said that a Chevrolet pickup truck driven by Williams collided with a GMC pickup truck...as both racing trucks entered the curve.
...Williams' truck plowed into a telephone pole, instantly killing him...
[The policeman] said Williams' truck was completely demolished and the telephone pole was snapped in two.
The policeman gave chase to the racing trucks after they sped through Fairfax between 75 and 80 miles an hour.
Williams is survived by his widow..., and two children...
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