Death of Lloyd Geis in car crash 1946
Enclosed is an article from the Loveland Colorado newspaper about Lloyd Geis and his death in a terrible car crash.
If anyone is researching this Geis family, I would love to hear from you, as this is my family.
Anna in Colorado
LOVELAND REPORTER HERALDSaturday, January 19, 1946
LaSalle Youth is Dead From Injuries as Auto Is Upset Near Campion
Lloyd Geis, 22, of LaSalle, was fatally injured at 12:45 this morning when the Ford automobile he was driving overturned three miles south of Loveland at a curved on highway No. 87 near Campion.
Geis died at 2:00 p.m. in the Loveland hospital.He had suffered a basal skull fracture and probably a broken neck.He had been paralyzed since the accident.
Three companions in the auto which overturned received less serious injuries.Kenneth Salsar, 21 of LaSalle, received face lacerations and bruises.He was still at the hospital here Saturday.Others who sustained minor injuries were Zane Geis, 18, of Wheatland, Wyo, and Ray Meisinger of LaSalle.Zane Geis is a cousin of Lloyd Geis.
State Patrol Officer Roy Calhoun of Fort Collins who was in Berthoud at the time of the accident and who went to the scene said that it was evident that the Geis auto was traveling at a high rate of speed.It was headed north; the four boys had attended a dance at Longmont earlier in the night.
The car apparently rolled over several times; the damaged machine was towed to the Bonnell Buick-Pontiac company shops here.
The car rolled nearly 200 feet into a field and Geis was thrown out.
Lloyd Geis is the son of Mr and Mrs Frank Geis of LaSalle.The injured were brought to the hospital here by the Loveland fire department rescue car.