WOMAN HURLED FROM CAR ONTO TRAIN ENGINE PILOT, RIDES 12 MILES BEFORE LETTING GO
Indianapolis, Indiana (JFK+50) On December 26, 1924, The Associated Press reports 18 year old Mrs. Kenneth Clark was "thrown onto the pilot* of the Knickerbocker Special" last evening when the automobile she was riding in with family members was struck by the "fast, Big Four passenger train" at a crossing here in Indianapolis.
After a 12 mile ride, the young woman fell from the train into a ditch having not been seriously injured. One of the members of her family was taken to the hospital where she died and others were injured.
The train's crew was unaware of Mrs. Clark's situation until after she fell off. She told the ambulance driver that she had held on tightly to the speeding engine until she became too weak and had to let go.
*engine pilot, a.k.a. cowcatcher, is the device mounted on the front of a locomotive to deflect obstacles on the railroad track that might damage and/or derail the train.
SOURCE
"Girl Hurled From Auto by Crash, Rides 12 Miles Unhurt on Engine Pilot," The Evening Star, Washington, D.C., December 26, 1924, Chronicling America, Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/
