Head-On Auto Collision Kills Woman, Hurts Two Students

Two undergraduates were reported "resting comfortably" last night in St. Joseph's Hospital, Lowell, after a head-on collision yesterday which killed a 38-year old woman who was travelling in the opposite direction.

William M. Shapiro '58 of Winthrop House and South Minneapolis, Minn., and Richard W. Iverson '57 of Lowell House and Minneapolis suffered serious injuries when a car driven by Frederick S. Hird, 3rd, '57 crashed into the on-coming autobile of Alphius O. Fulton of Arlington. Mrs. Fulton was pronounced dead on arrival at the Lowell Hospital. Her son, John, 11, was treated for superficial cuts and was released along with his uninjured father.

Shapiro sustained cerebral concussions, possible nose and other fractures, and multiple abrasions. Iverson underwent X-ray examination of the skull and other bones, and his condition will not be determined until this morning.

Hird was cut and bruised, but later released. He returned to Cambridge last evening and was reported "feeling quite well" by a room-mate.

Trying to Pass

According to Lowell police, the students, who were returning from the Dartmouth weekend in Hanover, pulled out to pass two cars at the same time on a three-lane highway by-pass skirting the city. Hird, the driver, was unable to get back in line in time to avoid colliding with the Fulton vehicle.

Police said that they were not sure of the respective speeds of the two cars, and that further details of the accident would not be available until the final report is field.

They reported that a group of five Lowell area alumni, headed by James F. Conway '15, high school vice-principal, posted bond for Hird.