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...spring. As they explained darkly to their giggling dates, the ghost was a little girl. She had been hurrying home from the playground when she was hit by an automobile coming down Strasburg Avenue. For a few moments, the little girl clung desperately to the car, rapping on the fender. The driver heartlessly drove on. Then the little girl lost her grip and was crushed beneath a rear wheel...
Loeb said he did not see the victim in time to prevent his being struck by the car's left front fender...
Some months later, a civil suit in the courts revealed that the dead man had been a passenger in a car that was sideswiped. This had happened nine days before his death. The car suffered only a bent fender, and the man had been healthy after the accident. He worked a pneumatic drill, and showed no signs of weakness, pain or suffering. It took Dr. Ford and members of his staff three days in court, however, to convince the jury that the driver was not guilty of manslaughter...
...Accidents are growing because there are more cars on the road, and too many motorists are driving too fast and too carelessly. The cost of car repairs has also shot up, and new cars are more difficult to fix than pre-war models. For example, to replace a front fender on a 1940 Chevrolet cost $18.80 for parts and labor ten years ago; the same job on last year's model costs $42.50. As a result, in spite of six rate increases in the last seven years, casualty companies are already getting ready to holler for more...
...judging from the fender bruises, they haul the cars in with a snowplow...