From The Post Register Newspaper, Idaho Falls, Idaho - March 1951
FORMER LOCAL WOMAN KILLED
Tragedy struck the home of Mr. and Mrs. Worth D. Wright, 498 North Ridge Avenue, prominent city residents, when they were notified of the death in an automobile accident of their only daughter, Mrs. Norval L. Pielstick, 24, at Colfax, Washington, Saturday afternoon.
They were informed a car in which she and her husband were riding struck a slick spot in the road and crashed into an oncoming truck. Mr. Pielstick was severely injured and was rushed to the Colfax hospital. Relatives were informed he suffered fractured pelvis and ribs but is expected to survive.
The parents left immediately for Pullman, Washington, near Colfax, where the Pielsticks had been temporarily residing to attend memorial services at Washington State College. The Pielsticks were married about two and one half years ago. The body will be returned here for funeral services, relatives said.
The couple were en route to Spokane with friends when the accident occurred. At the time of her death, Mrs. Pielstick was employed at the Washington State College Library.
From Colfax, Washington newspaper, March 1951
1 DEAD, 3 INJURED IN SKID ACCIDENT
Colfax, Washington. March 3--Mrs. Betty Lou Pielstick, 24, staff member of the Holland Library at Washington State College, died in an ambulance today from injuries suffered in a car-truck crash. She was en route to a Colfax hospital from the accident scene, six miles north of Colfax on the Spokane Highway.
Critically injured were her husband, Norval Pielstick, 25, and Samuel Ersoff, state college faculty member. Pielstick has a crushed chest and spine injuries.
Wilfred C. Jewell, 34, college instructor, driver of the car, suffered a shoulder dislocation and shock. The injured are at St. Ignatius Hospital here.
The Jewell car, northbound, was struck broadside by a truck operated by Peter Robbins, 31, N5400 Whitehouse, Spokane.
Jewell's car went out of control on a slick shoulder and skidded sideways on the highway as it met Robbin's truck, State Patrolman Reese Helper reported. Both vehicles were ditched but stayed upright.
Roads were slick throughout the Palouse region following a snow storm.
FORMER LOCAL WOMAN KILLED
Tragedy struck the home of Mr. and Mrs. Worth D. Wright, 498 North Ridge Avenue, prominent city residents, when they were notified of the death in an automobile accident of their only daughter, Mrs. Norval L. Pielstick, 24, at Colfax, Washington, Saturday afternoon.
They were informed a car in which she and her husband were riding struck a slick spot in the road and crashed into an oncoming truck. Mr. Pielstick was severely injured and was rushed to the Colfax hospital. Relatives were informed he suffered fractured pelvis and ribs but is expected to survive.
The parents left immediately for Pullman, Washington, near Colfax, where the Pielsticks had been temporarily residing to attend memorial services at Washington State College. The Pielsticks were married about two and one half years ago. The body will be returned here for funeral services, relatives said.
The couple were en route to Spokane with friends when the accident occurred. At the time of her death, Mrs. Pielstick was employed at the Washington State College Library.
From Colfax, Washington newspaper, March 1951
1 DEAD, 3 INJURED IN SKID ACCIDENT
Colfax, Washington. March 3--Mrs. Betty Lou Pielstick, 24, staff member of the Holland Library at Washington State College, died in an ambulance today from injuries suffered in a car-truck crash. She was en route to a Colfax hospital from the accident scene, six miles north of Colfax on the Spokane Highway.
Critically injured were her husband, Norval Pielstick, 25, and Samuel Ersoff, state college faculty member. Pielstick has a crushed chest and spine injuries.
Wilfred C. Jewell, 34, college instructor, driver of the car, suffered a shoulder dislocation and shock. The injured are at St. Ignatius Hospital here.
The Jewell car, northbound, was struck broadside by a truck operated by Peter Robbins, 31, N5400 Whitehouse, Spokane.
Jewell's car went out of control on a slick shoulder and skidded sideways on the highway as it met Robbin's truck, State Patrolman Reese Helper reported. Both vehicles were ditched but stayed upright.
Roads were slick throughout the Palouse region following a snow storm.
From The Post Register Newspaper, Idaho Falls, Idaho - March 1951
FORMER LOCAL WOMAN KILLED
Tragedy struck the home of Mr. and Mrs. Worth D. Wright, 498 North Ridge Avenue, prominent city residents, when they were notified of the death in an automobile accident of their only daughter, Mrs. Norval L. Pielstick, 24, at Colfax, Washington, Saturday afternoon.
They were informed a car in which she and her husband were riding struck a slick spot in the road and crashed into an oncoming truck. Mr. Pielstick was severely injured and was rushed to the Colfax hospital. Relatives were informed he suffered fractured pelvis and ribs but is expected to survive.
The parents left immediately for Pullman, Washington, near Colfax, where the Pielsticks had been temporarily residing to attend memorial services at Washington State College. The Pielsticks were married about two and one half years ago. The body will be returned here for funeral services, relatives said.
The couple were en route to Spokane with friends when the accident occurred. At the time of her death, Mrs. Pielstick was employed at the Washington State College Library.
From Colfax, Washington newspaper, March 1951
1 DEAD, 3 INJURED IN SKID ACCIDENT
Colfax, Washington. March 3--Mrs. Betty Lou Pielstick, 24, staff member of the Holland Library at Washington State College, died in an ambulance today from injuries suffered in a car-truck crash. She was en route to a Colfax hospital from the accident scene, six miles north of Colfax on the Spokane Highway.
Critically injured were her husband, Norval Pielstick, 25, and Samuel Ersoff, state college faculty member. Pielstick has a crushed chest and spine injuries.
Wilfred C. Jewell, 34, college instructor, driver of the car, suffered a shoulder dislocation and shock. The injured are at St. Ignatius Hospital here.
The Jewell car, northbound, was struck broadside by a truck operated by Peter Robbins, 31, N5400 Whitehouse, Spokane.
Jewell's car went out of control on a slick shoulder and skidded sideways on the highway as it met Robbin's truck, State Patrolman Reese Helper reported. Both vehicles were ditched but stayed upright.
Roads were slick throughout the Palouse region following a snow storm.
FORMER LOCAL WOMAN KILLED
Tragedy struck the home of Mr. and Mrs. Worth D. Wright, 498 North Ridge Avenue, prominent city residents, when they were notified of the death in an automobile accident of their only daughter, Mrs. Norval L. Pielstick, 24, at Colfax, Washington, Saturday afternoon.
They were informed a car in which she and her husband were riding struck a slick spot in the road and crashed into an oncoming truck. Mr. Pielstick was severely injured and was rushed to the Colfax hospital. Relatives were informed he suffered fractured pelvis and ribs but is expected to survive.
The parents left immediately for Pullman, Washington, near Colfax, where the Pielsticks had been temporarily residing to attend memorial services at Washington State College. The Pielsticks were married about two and one half years ago. The body will be returned here for funeral services, relatives said.
The couple were en route to Spokane with friends when the accident occurred. At the time of her death, Mrs. Pielstick was employed at the Washington State College Library.
From Colfax, Washington newspaper, March 1951
1 DEAD, 3 INJURED IN SKID ACCIDENT
Colfax, Washington. March 3--Mrs. Betty Lou Pielstick, 24, staff member of the Holland Library at Washington State College, died in an ambulance today from injuries suffered in a car-truck crash. She was en route to a Colfax hospital from the accident scene, six miles north of Colfax on the Spokane Highway.
Critically injured were her husband, Norval Pielstick, 25, and Samuel Ersoff, state college faculty member. Pielstick has a crushed chest and spine injuries.
Wilfred C. Jewell, 34, college instructor, driver of the car, suffered a shoulder dislocation and shock. The injured are at St. Ignatius Hospital here.
The Jewell car, northbound, was struck broadside by a truck operated by Peter Robbins, 31, N5400 Whitehouse, Spokane.
Jewell's car went out of control on a slick shoulder and skidded sideways on the highway as it met Robbin's truck, State Patrolman Reese Helper reported. Both vehicles were ditched but stayed upright.
Roads were slick throughout the Palouse region following a snow storm.
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