NEWS: Jean BENFORD killed while sledding by driver Harvey L. GRIFFITH, 1932, of 
interest in Somerset County and Cambria County, PA   

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JEAN BENFORD

Young Coaster Killed by Colliding with Truck

Driver of Vehicle, Harvey L. Griffith of Meyersdale, Apparently Not to Blame for 
Tragedy

  Jean Benford, aged 10 years, of 304 Wood Street, Johnstown, met death at 4:45 
o'clock Wednesday afternoon, a short distance from his home, as the result of 
his sled colliding with a truck operated by Harvey L. Griffith, a Meyersdale 
huckster.
  Griffith was driving his truck in-bound on Wood Street when the Benford boy 
coasted out of an alley, his sled colliding with the truck.  The lad suffered a 
fracture of the skull.  The boy was rushed in the police patrol to Memorial 
Hospital, but was pronounced dead upon arrival.
  Griffith was released upon his own recognizance.  He told police that he was 
operating his truck in second gear at the time and stopped it about 10 feet from 
where the boy was struck.  Another boy who coasted out of the alley ahead of the 
Benford boy had a narrow escape from colliding with the truck.

Meyersdale Republican, December 15, 1932