Kern County Obituaries

Nicholas William Baven 

Submitted by Don Stowell; 13 Feb 2008

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Mojave Desert News; 11 Aug 1949

TRUCK DRIVER IN FATAL ACCIDENT
While driving south on Highway 395 last Wednesday morning, August 3, in a
truck, Nicholas William Baven of 174 So. Clarence St, Los Angeles, traveling 
at a high rate of speed attempted to negotiate a curve and ran off the highway. 
He retained the presence of mind and attempted to pull it back on but he side 
swiped a north bound car which had pulled off the road when the driver, Frank 
Lewis saw the on-coming vehicle.

The Baven truck cab caught fire throwing out the driver whose clothing had 
become ignited. Lewis and his passenger, who were slightly injured in the 
accident, attempted to quench the fire in Baven’s clothes. He was taken to the 
Ridgecrest Hospital by Deputy Constable Monk of Red Mountain where he died five 
hours later. 

The body which was prepared for burial by O’Donnell Funeral Home was sent to 
Los Angeles for burial.