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Show SISTERS HURT IN AUTO CRASN ' I Mary Nordean, 13. is Irf a critical condition in the Dee hospital and her I sister, Renna Nordean, 9 years of age. suffered painful Injuries as the result re-sult of an automobllo accident on the Pleasant View road at 7 o'clock last night when they wero struck by a car driven by Festern Chamberlain 16. also of Pleasant View. Mnry sustained a fractured skull, It was reported today and was unconscious uncon-scious for more than two hours last night Sho was slightly improved this morning, but In a grave condition The smaller 6lster suffered a fracture of tho right leg and painful cuts on the body. Both girls arc the daughters of Mr and Mrs. John Nordean of Pleasant View. The machine, after striking the girls, who were walking along tho jroad. crashed into a ditch and turned jturtle Fester Chamberlain was rendered ren-dered unconscious and was taken to his home suffering from Shock. Hisl brothers. Walter and Clarence Chamberlain, Cham-berlain, who were riding In tho car, jescaped uninjured Deputy Sheriff Charles Plncock Investigated In-vestigated the accident nn.i reported jthat the girls were walking along tho iroad In a northerly direction The ';r was proceeding in the same direction When tho car came up behind the Klrls they aro said to hav Income frightened and to have stepped in front of the machine. Chamberlain, lit was said, whirled his steering wheel I in an endeavor to avoid the girls, but struck them and then crashed Into the ditch. Two of tho Chamberlain boys were thrown through the top of the maeh A . Walter and Clarence Chamberlain summoned aid and tho girls were tak-l en to their home where, they were a t - j tended by Dr. K R. Dumke They' were later removed to the- hospital I Ix-ster Chamberlain, who was suf-1 ferlng from scalp wounds and nervous sho k, was taken to his home. He w a Improved today So far as Is known there were no' witnesses to the accident, except the boys In the machine and the two Injured In-jured girls. The brothers claim they Were not proceeding at a high rate! of speed. Sheriff Richard Plncock is Investi-rr.itlng Investi-rr.itlng the accident todav In an en-i dcavor to determine who was to blame. |