Blans Sipple

© Sayre Headlight

10 Sep 1930

Submitted by: Wanda Purcell

Blans Sipple, 27, of Sayre, died in a Sayre hospital last night about 20 minutes after the Oldsmobile roadster he was driving collided with an oil truck driven by Will Ash of this city, on the paved highway "66" three miles east of Sayre.

Funeral services for Mr. Sipple were held in Strong City at 3:30 this afternoon. Interment was to be made in the cemetery there.

The accident occurred about 8 o'clock last night. Mr. Ash was coming east on the highway when the roadster cut out and tried to go around an auto coming from the east, Mr. Ash said. Mr. Ash drove his truck off the pavement to avoid being struck by the small car, he said, but was unable to get away soon enough to keep the vehicle from sideswiping it.

The platform along the side of the truck was torn off by the roadster, and one wheel of the roadster was knocked off in the impact.

Mr. Sipple's arm, which was protruding over the side of the car door struck the rack on the truck and was lacerated and broken in three places.

Mr. Sipple was suffering from loss of blood when he arrived at the hospital, it was reported, but it was necessary to amputate the mutilated arm. Soon afterward, he weakened and died. Fear of internal injuries were expressed.

There was plenty of room for the roadster to pass the truck, said the person who visited the scene of the accident. They could attribute no cause for the collision.

The wheel of the small car which was knocked off was found about a hundred yards down the highway. The car did not turn over and apparently was not greatly damaged, witnesses said. The striking of the rack on the truck with his elbow is believed to have caused Mr. Sipple to jerk his steering wheel and turn his machine into the oil truck.

Mr. Sipple is survived by his widow, Mrs. Sipple and a daughter, two and half years old.

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