Youth Dies in Crash in Fog; Bert Bertolosso Killed In Accident Near Gustine; Traveling in a dense fog early Sunday morning, two cars locked wheels as they met between Newman and Gustine and Bert Bertolosso was fatally injured. Seven people in the cars were all more or less hurt, but none seem to be seriously injured. Bertolosso had attended a Patterson dance with a young lady from Gustine, Miss Margaret Stamper, and had taken her home after the dance. On his way north again, accompanied by another Patterson boy, Verdayne Williams, he met a southbound car driven by Paul Sweiger of Gustine, who had Joe Oliveira, Gordon Becker and Wayne Giltner on his car. According to the officers who were among the first on the scene, tire marks indicate that both drivers were too near the center, so when they came together the wheels did not clear. The cars were whirled around and upset, the Bertolosso machine being badly wrecked, and the other damaged. An inquest was held by Merced county officials at Gustine and a verdict of accidental death rendered.

Was Fine Youth; News of the tragedy was received with deep regret by the community, as Bert had been popular with all who knew him. A native of Italy, he came to Patterson when a small boy, about fifteen years ago, and had grown up here. He graduated with the classl of 1928 at Patterson high school, and has since been affiliated with his father, John Bertolosso, Sr., in the wholesale produce business. Conscientious, hard-working and always cheerful, the deceased youth was held in high esteem by all, and his death is a regrettable addition to the all-too-many casualties among the young people of the community in the past few years. He was just past his twentieth birthday at the time of his death, and beside the parents, is survived by two sisters, Mrs DeVere Williams and Laura, and one brother, John Jr.