OBIT: Earl Raymond WEAVER, Jr., 1942, Martinsburg, Blair County, PA

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CHILD KILLED IN DASH INTO ROAD

   Earl Raymond Weaver, jr., aged 3, of Martinsburg was killed 
instantly last evening at 7.30 o'clock when he ran into the road, 
striking the side of a passing truck. The boy was knocked down, the 
rear wheels of the truck crushing his head.
   The driver, evidently unaware that his truck had passed over the 
child, did not stop. A witness to the tragedy told Coroner Chester C. 
Rothrock and state and local police officers that the child was not, at 
any time, within range of the truck's lights. 
   Coroner Rothrock said that an investigation is being conducted today 
in conjunction with state motor police and, upon learning all the 
facts, he will decide on an inquest. The child was picked up by a 
passing motorist and taken to the Nason hospital at Roaring Spring 
where he was pronounced dead.
   The boy had been at the home of the grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. David 
Hoover, and was on the way to the home on South Market street, with the 
grandmother, who was leading the child. On the opposite side of the 
street, near the Dilling store, the child broke away and ran into the 
street, hitting the side of the truck before the grandmother could 
overtake him.
   Earl Raymond Weaver, jr., was born in Martinsburg on Dec. 18, 1938, 
a son of Earl Raymond and Phoebe (Hoover) Weaver, who survive, with one 
brother and one sister, Robert Anthony and Lois Naomi, both at home.
   Friends are being received at the home on South Market street.

Altoona Mirror, Altoona, Pa., October 25, 1942

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