On July 20, 1918, 15 persons were killed in a crash between a Detroit United Railway interurban car and a freight train near Chelsea.
Among those who perished in the wreck was the father of Eck Stanger, later an Ann Arbor News photographer.
Sources
- Electric Trolleys of Washtenaw County By H. Mark Hildebrandt, Martha A. Churchill
- http://www.michiganrailroads.com/RRHX/Wrecks/ICCReports/DJ&C-ChelseaMI-1918.pdf