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The Macon Telegraph
Monday, 17 February 1930

         THREE KILLED AS TRAIN HITS CAR
           AT JAKIN
           
         S. D. ZORN, His Wife and Son
          Lose Lives in Grade Crossing Accident
          
         Two Others Are Injured
         
         Bodies of Three Victims Are Badly
          Mangled and Machine is Demolished.
          
         Donalsonville, Ga., - Feb. 16.
       Three persons were killed and two seriously injured
       this morning at 9 o'clock in a railroad crossing acci-
       dent at Jakin, seven miles west of this city, when
       east bound Atlantic Coast Line train number 214 struck
       a touring car with five passengers.
         The dead are S. D. ZORN, 35, MRS. S. D. ZORN, 32;
       EMMETT ZORN, 14.
         The injured are DIXIE ZORN, 12, and BARNEY JUSTICE,
       23.
       
         The fatal accident occurred directly in front of
       the Atlantic Coast Line railroad depot in Jakin.
         The car was driven by the 14 year old boy, EMMETT
       ZORN. It is supposed that when he saw the train
       approaching he turned the car in the direction of
       the train hoping to miss it. The locomotive struck
       the car with full force, picking it up and hurling
       it and all of its occupants into a box car standing
       on a side track near by.
         The three dead were badly mangled and were killed
       instantly. The injured are in a local hospital and
       are expected to recover. A small dog owned by the
       dead youth was also killed in the accident, its
       body being found lying beside the youth.
         All of the dead and injured were residents of
       Jakin.
       
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