Extracted from The News-Star (Monroe, LA)
Tuesday, June 14, 1927

M. P. EMPLOYE FATALLY HURT BETWEEN CARS

Body is Badly Crushed When Impinioned; Burial Today.

Crushed between two freight cars of the Missouri Pacific in the yards of south Monroe near the noon hour yesterday, Lonnie Leon McDaniel, aged 29 years, was so severely injured that death ensued at 5 o'clock yesterday in St. Francis sanitarium.

McDaniel, who was a helper to a car inspector, was engaged in his work of “spotting” cars when in some manner, he was impinioned between two freight cars, crushing his waist with heavy impact.

Suffering intensely and still conscious, he was extricated and an ambulance called. He was quickly taken to St. Francis sanitarium where an emergency operation was at once performed.

Despite efforts to save his life, death occurred about five hours after the accident.

An investigation was being conducted today by the railroad company to determine the exact cause of the accident, but up to noon no statement was ready for publication from this source.

McDaniel was married and lived with his family, midway between West Monroe and Calhoun, on the Dixie-Overland highway. The body was taken there this afternoon and the funeral is being held at the home of his father, D. T. McDaniel. Burial is to be in Mount Nebo cemetery.

McDaniel was a brother-in-law of Samuel H. Foster, who on June 3, was fatally shot by his own pistol due to accident, at his home in Minden.