Circumstances

Highway Traffic Officer Almer Frederick Hamilton Wilson was on patrol on Hwy #3 near the village of Maidstone, when the rear tire of his new Department of Highways motorcycle blew out causing the bike to cross into the oncoming path of a car. Officer Wilson was thrown from the bike striking his head into the side of the car then was thrown onto the pavement striking his head on the roadway. Two doctors who were traveling on the same road came to his immediate aid and he was transported to hospital in Windsor, where he passed away from his injuries.

Postscript

Almer Wilson had been with the Provincial Highway Traffic Department for 2.5 months, and was married with no children, he was 27 years of age at the time of his death.

He was born in South Bend Indiana USA, and immigrated to Canada as a child with his Canadian parents.