Show CHEVROLET PLAYS IMPORTANT ROLE detroit mich A chevrolet recently played an important role here in what la Is believed to be the first case on record ot of a headon head on collision between an ato automobile mobile and an airplane the car one of twelve chevrolet Cheno lct sixes used by detroit immigration authorities n border patrol work was being driven by St stanley rinley senior inspector whose duties consist n thwarting attempts to smuggle aliens across the border inspector had to his bis credit six planes seized in abs tbs nefarious trat fc and had been watching for some time a seventh plane said to havo have operated tor for six weeks on regular schedule flying alens from canada to american soil after several attempts to seize the plane its pilot and illegal cargo had failed inspector was scouting along the detroit river front shortly after sunrise on june 1 when lie he spotted the plane piano heading from canada toward an open field just beyond the detroit city line speeding to the spot inspector swung nto the field in his chevrolet Che violet just as the plane landed and drove directly into its path to shut oft off retreat when the pilot saw the official car in front of his lie he sought to ward oft off capture by speeding the motor up in a disparate des parate effort to take oft off again inspector in ia the split second available to make a decision weighed the ruggedness of the car against the strength of 0 the plane and drove headon head on into the whirring pro result another seized plane added addad to inspector impressive record a disabled plane with propel lot lor and a damaged wing two alien alfen prisoners an escaped pilot inspector for slightly shaken up and and a car with a damaged right front door fender radiator ladi ator and the adulator cap picked oft off by the pro pelo palo despite the damage to the chevrolet it came out a decided victor in the crash for while tho the plane was totally disabled inspector was able to back the car out 0 of the wreckage and drive it under its own power with hs he prisoners safely aboard to io debrot headquarters |