This Day in History: 1958-07-17

Frederick Allen of 24 Shuart Lane, Ramsey, was killed when he seemingly became confused while attempting to walk across Route 17 in Mahwah. He was treated for multiple fractures by medical technicians from a Nation Guard unit on their way to the Mahwah bivouac area at the time of the accident but he died the next day in the Good Samaritan Hospital. A charge of failure to keep to the left was changed to a technical charge of death by auto against the driver of the fatal auto, although police reported that tire tracks indicated that the driver had left skid marks 100 yards long in attempting to avoid hitting Allen. Allen, 50, had been a Ramsey resident for 25 years. (Bristow)