Pie Truck Trap Kills Student

Danville Commercial News July 13, 1948

Pie Truck Trap Kills Student
Chicago - (UP) - The pie truck standing at the curb on a north side street appeared to passersby to have been abandoned.
The insulation on the heavy door of its refrigerator cabinet muffled the sounds made by the man inside, kicking and clawing frantically in an effort to get out.
He ripped his way through the inner wood lining with his hands and feet. Then his rapidly numbing fingers encountered metal.
His air gave out.
Hours later, an inspector who had ordered the idle truck towed to the garage opened the door.
Out fell the body of Victor Collyer, 20, Wilmette, a Wabash College student who had taken the truck driving job for the summer.
Police said he had been trapped among the pies, apparently when the wind slammed the truck door after he entered the cabinet to make a delivery.