OBIT: Lester WITT, 1943, Wellersburg, Somerset County, PA

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LESTER WITT
Wellersburg Boy Fatally Injured

  Lester Witt, six-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Witt of Wellersburg, died 
at 5 o'clock Wednesday morning in Allegany Hospital, Cumberland, Md., the result 
of injuries suffered on Sunday night when he was struck by an automobile on 
Route 808 near the Witt home in Wellersburg.  The child suffered a compound 
fracture of the skull and fractures of an arm and leg.
  The car that struck the boy was operated by William Smith, 19, of Wellersburg.  
Smith stopped the car and took the injured boy to the hospital.
  Police said they were informed that the boy was running after a truck on the 
highway and that he suddenly darted across the road from behind the truck and 
into the path of the automobile.
  Smith is the brother of Earl Eugene Smith, Jr., ten-year-old Wellersburg boy, 
who died in Allegany Hospital March 9 from injuries suffered March 7 when he was 
struck by a truck while sledding near his home.

Meyersdale Republican, April 8, 1943