Obit: Abrahamson, David (?- 1975)

Contact: Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon
E-mail: dolores@wiclarkcountyhistory.org 

Surnames: Abrahamson, Lulloff

----Source: Clark County Press (Neillsville, Clark Co., WI) 12/04/1975

Abrahamson, David (? -1975)

A 21-year-old rural Fairchild man, David Abrahamson, was killed instantly in a car-train wreck near the village of Humbird, Monday evening.

The fatality was the sole occupant of the late model auto which was pushed approximately 1300 feet down the tracks by the Chicago and Northwestern three engine freight train.

Time of the accident was placed at approximately 7:00 p.m. Abrahamson’s body was trapped in the wreckage for several hours after the impact.

Weather conditions at the time of the accident were termed hazardous by investigating officers. Roads were snow packed and slippery and snow was falling to the point where vision was obscured.

Abrahamson was traveling west to east on County Trunk F which passes over a railroad track on the south edge of Humbird. The wreckage finally came to rest nearly a quarter mile from the intersection, pushed by the southbound freight.

It was learned that the engineer and conductor of the train quickly went to the front of the engine and found the victim in the wreckage. No pulse was reported by either of the men.

The auto was nearly flattened from the impact and was wrenched under the front cowling of the engine when officers arrived. The vehicle had to be pulled from the front of the train before Abrahamson’s body could be pulled from the wreckage.

Assisting at the scene were several Clark County officers, Jackson County Traffic officers, members of the Humbird Fire Department and from the Black River Falls rescue squad.

Abrahamson’s body was taken to the Hixton-Jensen Funeral Home in Hixton and later transferred to an Augusta funeral home. Arrangements were still pending at Press time.

Officers of the Sheriff’s and Traffic Department for Clark County are still investigating the accident as is Clark County Coroner Robert W. Lulloff.

Cause of death was tentatively believed head injuries.