CRAWLEY, GEORGE A.

A 20-year-old Orleans race car pilot was killed in a spectacular crash at the Mitchell Speedway yesterday and six other persons, including two Indianapolis men, died in a wave of traffic accidents throughout the state during the weekend. The dead [included] George Crawley, 22, of Rolling Prairie. Crawley was killed [September 29, 1946] three miles north of LaPorte on Ind. 35 when he was thrown from his skidding motorcycle into the path of an automobile driven by Walter A. Leahker, 25, of LaPorte.