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The Bismarck Tribune
Bismarck, Mandan, Burleigh County, Morton County, North Dakota
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Coroner's inquest in Morton County fails to fix blame for Sunday automobile crash on Missouri River bridge, killing Lloyd J. DeLong and Phillip J. Koch Jr., injuring Joe Ferderer and Harold J. DeLong. Sixteen witnesses questioned.
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Automobile Crash Sunday Took Lives of Two Young Men, Hurt Two Others
16 WITNESSES QUESTIONED
Jurors Conclude Lloyd J. DeLong Met His Death When Car Hit Girders
A Morton county coroner's inquest this morning failed to fix blame for the automobile accident Sunday on the bridge spanning the Missouri river here which took the lives of two young men and injured two others.
Lloyd J. DeLong, 21, and Phillip J. Koch, Jr., 24, received fatal injuries in the crash and Joe Ferderer, Mandan, and Harold J. DeLong, Bismarck, suffered minor hurts.
Sixteen witnesses appeared at the inquest, which was conducted at the Morton county court house at 10 o'clock, and were questioned by Coroner J. K. Kennelly, and State's Attorney Louis H. Connolly. Sheriff Henry Handtmann was present.
The coroner's jury, made up of Robert Cummins, A. J. Sylvester, and Charles Toman, Jr., all of Mandan, concluded that Lloyd J. DeLong met his death on the Liberty Memorial bridge spanning the Missouri river between Bismarck and Mandan when the car in which he was riding struck steel girders on the side of the bridge and was subsequently wrecked.
Morton county officials investigated only the death of DeLong, however, as Koch died in Burleigh county.
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Liberty Memorial Bridge Spanning The Missouri River Between Bismarck And Mandan
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Sunday
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Automobile accident on bridge kills Lloyd J. DeLong and Phillip J. Koch Jr., injures Joe Ferderer and Harold J. DeLong. Coroner's inquest with 16 witnesses fails to fix blame; jury concludes DeLong died when car struck girders.