Rollin “Kent” Bader, 19, of Macomb, a former Vermont resident, was killed early Thursday morning, May 15, 1975, in a one-car accident at a road construction site on U.S. 136 between Table Grove and Ipava, 1½ miles east of the Vermont turn off.
According to a Fulton County sheriff’s officers report, Bader was driving west and failed to negotiate a detour curve at the area of road construction. His car rolled on its side and slid into a blacktop roller.
Officers were first notified of the accident at 3:55 a.m. by a passing bread truck driver. He notified officers who called the Lewistown Rescue squad to the scene. The youth was freed from the vehicle at 4:45 a.m. and was later pronounced dead on arrival at Graham Hospital in Canton.
Officers reported the Bader car was demolished and the front roller of the blacktop roller was knocked loose by the impact of the crash.
An inquest will be held at a later date by Fulton County Coroner George Kauzlarich.
Mr. Bader was born on Jan. 17, 1956, at Peoria, a son of Bill and Helen Heffren Bader, who survive.
He was employed as a parts man at Bader Implement Co., Vermont, and was a member of the St. Patrick’s Church in Havana.
In addition to his parents, he is survived by one sister, Maria L. of Macomb; and one brother, Chris A. of Vermont.
Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Sunday at Kost Memorial Home in Vermont with burial in the Vermont Cemetery.
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