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- Mishicot Area Man Crushed by Vehicle
May Have Fallen Asleep at Wheel, Police Believe
TWO RIVERS-Albert Klabunde, 29, of Rt. 1, Mishicot, was killed early Saturday
morning when his station wagon apparently rolled over him after running off
Highway 147 a mile west of Mishicot.
Klabunde was found lying in a plowed field near the badly demolished vehicle
about 1:30 a.m. He was rushed to Two Rivers Municipal Hospital but was pronounced
dead on arrival. Death was attributed to crushing skull and facial injuries.
County traffic police said Klabunde apparently was traveling east on Highway 147
at a high rate of speed when his car went off the north side for a distance of
about 150 feet before it clipped off a power pole. Then it ran up an embankment,
spewing debris all along the way, and rolled over several times before coming to
rest on its side in the field. His body was found about 15 to 20 feet west of the
wreckage in the path which the car had taken.
There were no witnesses in the accident and police believe it many have occurred
from 30 to 60 minutes before the time of discovery. The first call was received
from a woman at Melnik at 1:30 a.m. She contacted the sheriff's department, which
in turn notified county traffic headquarters.
Pavement Dry
Police theorized that Klabunde fell asleep at the wheel after negotiating a curve
several hundred feet from the accident scene. The point where the car ran off the
road was on a straight stretch of blacktop, officers said. The pavement was dry
although wind whipped snow may have reduced visibility somewhat.
Kalbunde's vehicle was so badly damaged that authorities had difficulty determining
its make and model. Deputy Sheriff Robert Hermann of Cleveland, who was called to
the scene, identified it as a 1948 model Plymouth station wagon.
"I have never seen so much debris at an accident scene," one officer said." It
looked as though the car had been hit by a train."
The Meihsner ambulance was one of the first to reach the scene and was enroute to
the hospital.
Two Rivers Reporter, March 16, 1957 P. 1
ALBERT KLABUNDE
Military funeral services for Albert E. Klabunde, 29, of Rt. 1, Mishicot, who was killed in an automobile accident late Friday night near Mishicot were held at 3 pm Monday at the Deja and Martin Funeral Chapel, Two Rivers, the Rev. Roland L. Schwandt officiating. Interment was in Pioneers' Rest Cemetery, Two Rivers.
The firing squad of the Robert E. Burns Post 165, American Legion, Two rivers, participated in the rites. Six members of the squad served as pallbearers, Fred Steger, Richard Walters, Joseph Menchal, Albert Malley Jr., Norman Mathiesen and Robert Waier.
Manitowoc Herald Times, Wed., March 20, 1957 page T5
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