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The Cordele Dispatch
Cordele, Crisp County, Georgia
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W. L. Wilson, brother of Gov. Hardman's secretary, killed in auto collision near Hampton, Ga., Sept. 15. Two others seriously injured; one unharmed. Crash on Atlanta-Macon highway involving parked truck.
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GRIFFIN, Ga., September 15--W. L. Wilson, 33, brother of John Wilson, secretary to Governor Hardman, was killed near Hampton, Ga., tonight when the automobile in which he was riding with three other men collided with a heavy sedan.
Two of the other occupants of the car, George Coppedge, are in a hospital here in a serious condition. The fourth member of the party, T. D. Holt, escaped injuries. Wilson died in an ambulance while on the way to a hospital here. His neck was broken and he also received a fracture of the skull.
The accident occurred on the Atlanta-Macon highway while the Wilson car was traveling north. The automobiles slowed up for a truck that was parked on the side of the road when suddenly the sedan, traveling at a fast rate of speed, darted around the truck and crashed into Wilson's machine.
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Near Hampton, Ga., On The Atlanta Macon Highway
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September 15
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W. L. Wilson, 33, brother of John Wilson, secretary to Governor Hardman, was killed in an automobile collision with a heavy sedan near Hampton, Ga. Two other occupants, including George Coppedge, were seriously injured; T. D. Holt escaped injuries. Wilson died en route to hospital from a broken neck and skull fracture. The accident occurred when both cars slowed for a parked truck and the sedan crashed into Wilson's car.