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Orange Man Killed in Crash On Lime Rock Racing Strip

Orange Man Killed in Crash On Lime Rock Racing Strip
ORANG E -- Lee Hammond Baker, Jr., 31, of 627 High Ridge road, was killed last night in a car accident on the racing strip of Lime Rock park in northern Litchfield county.
Mr. Baker was a passenger in a sports car being driven around the track without authorization by Thomas M, Lewis, 22, of New York City, state police said.
When James E. Haynes, the track manager, saw the Lewis sports car, he drove out in a station wagon to order Lewis away,
The two vehicles collided head-on, state police said. Mr. Baker was killed instantly and Mr. Lewis received superficial injuries, Mr. Hayes escaped without being hurt, state police.
State police said Mr. was apparently a racing enthusiast who wanted to see "how it felt to drive around the track".
The accident occurred after a day of sports car racing at the
oval.
Services will he conducted tomorrow at 11 a.m, in the George J. Smith and Sen funeral home, 135 Broad street, Milford, by the Rev, Nigel Andrews of Cencord, Mass. Cremation will be in Mountain Grove Crematory, Bridgeport,
Born in Norfolk, Va., Mr. Baker had resided in Orange three months. A graduate of Yale universily, class of 1953, he was systems engineer with IBM in New Haven. He was a member of the Sports Car Club of America, New York region.
Survivors are his wife, Mrs. Lewis Lee Reynolds Baker; a son, Lane Paul Baker; a daughter, Laurie Ann Baker; and his parents, Mr. and Mis, Lee Baker of Lyme.
--The Bridgeport Post, Bridgeport, Connecticut, July 27, 1964 Page 22

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