Obituaries: C. DeWitt Wright, 1930, Winn Parish, LA
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: May 9, 1930 Winnfield News-American

Herschel Hughes Injured, C. D. Wright Killed, Auto Wreck

Two Cars Collide Near Opelousas. Hughes Brought To Winnfield

Herschel Hughes, brother of Earl Hughes of Winnfield, was badly shaken, and C.
DeWitt Wright, of Montgomery, was instantly killed about seven o'clock Sunday
night when the coupe which was driven by Herschel's brother, J. W. Hughes, was
struck by another car. 

The collision caused Wright to be thrown high into the air and over an
electric wire at a grade crossing at Church Point near Opelousas.  His skull
was crushed.  Eye witnesses said the car was traveling at a high rate of
speed.

Wright's body was taken to an Opelousas undertaking at Opelousas while
Hershcel Hughes was removed to a sanitarium in Opelousas for treatment
and was brought to Winnfield Tuesday and is now recovering from shock and
bruises at the home of Earl Hughes.  J. W. Hughes escaped injury.