Inventor of The Club dies in head on crash

[Liberal_in_LA]

Inventor of The Club dies in Pa. crash

Associated Press September 15, 2010 11:55

The inventor of The Club, James Winner, has died in a head-on collision in western Pennsylvania.

State Police said the Tuesday crash on a rural road in Clarion County also took the lives of two other people when his sport utility vehicle and their car collided.

Winner, 81, invented the popular anti car-theft device, and his Sharon-based company Winner International sold more than 10 million of them. He also was widely known for his philanthropy in western Pennsylvania.

In a statement Wednesday, company officials said it was "a very difficult time for all of us and the family would request that you honor their privacy."

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Authorities said Winner's SUV crossed into oncoming traffic striking the car. The other two killed were identified as driver Bobby Jarrett, 82, of Tionesta, and passenger Raymond Fair, 76, of Tylersburg.


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[Dennis Donovan]

1. In a related story, the inventor of the airbag had his car stolen...

:rofl: