3 killed, —
Car slams pole on South Side,
then splits in half on impact
By Bill Heltzel
Post-Gazatte Saft Wier
Martha Stahl saw no sense in going to high
school. Afterall, her mother had died at age 29 of
a brain aneurysm, and Martha, 16, she,
195 cana erat, the West High’
School dropout was one of three people killed in a
eas cae ean eel on Becks Run the South
Also killed were
Ir, 19, Stout Olver und Nisa Ello 18 af
West Mifflin,
Injured were Nicole Gardner, 16, of West
Min: Verona Law
ieee rane z
Gardiner was in critical condition and Bojan
vas, in fair condor. Laue was in crtial
Fpl ati
Mercy Hi
ay Pn nd ety ie vg
Seca Friends and
toc is someone tnd
as ng tom hosel a ioes ereury
Magus :
‘As Cannon drove down steep Becks Run Road
about 525 feet from Wagner Way, he lost control
of the car. It crossed the centerline, slid about 125
feet, and hit a curb and a utility pole.
of Baldwin Borough; and
and whose
‘The passenger side hit the broadside,
the car in half. The front half continued
around and stopping at the foot
ofa away romthe pin of impact.
‘The rear of the car 6 ght an
from the pole and traveled another ao
Cnr i de
at the scene. All five: loth cot
straight line below pole,
oe wovden els al was hery danagsd,
‘There were scuff
ete ie et woe
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