DAYTONA BEACH NEWS-JOURNAL
Daytona Beach, Florida
Saturday, September 9, 1933
ACCIDENT FATAL TO BOY AND MAN
ST. AUGUSTINE, Sept. 9. - R. J. Masters, St. Augustine city commissioner, died today at a hospital here from injuries received in an automobile accident near Bunnell yesterday. The five-year-old son of Mrs. V. W. McKenzie of Bunne was instantly killed in the same wreck.
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HORNET BRINGS DEATH TO BOY IN CAR CRASH
Special to The News-Journal - BUNNELL, Sept. 9. - A hornet indirectly caused the death of 5 year old boy here yesterday, and did serious injury to a St. Augustine city commissioner. The insect flew into an automobile driven by Mrs. V. W. McKenzie on the Dixie highway, caused her to crash head-on into another car, her son, Allen Clayton McKenzie, was killed.
The second car in the accident was occupied by R. J. Masters, the city commissioner, and Eugene Segui. Mrs. McKenzie received head injuries, bruises and was suffering from hysteria. Masters suffered a fractured skull. Segui was only bruised.
V. W. McKenzie, the boy’s father, is the proprietor of the Bunnell Mercantile Company
