While traveling in a caravan of cars and buses en route to East Douglas (MA) for an exhibition game against the Indians, Ted Williams, along with his wife and two friends, is involved in an auto accident when his brand new 1946 Pontiac collides with a car driven by George Doncaster, who is driving his wife and daughter. Although no one is seriously hurt, the media widely reports the Red Sox outfielder’s crash in Holliston on Sherborn Road.

On August 27, 1946 — While traveling in a caravan of cars and buses en route to East Douglas (MA) for an exhibition game against the Indians, Ted Williams, along with his wife and two friends, is involved in an auto accident when his brand new 1946 Pontiac collides with a car driven by George Doncaster, who is driving his wife and daughter. Although no one is seriously hurt, the media widely reports the Red Sox outfielder’s crash in Holliston on Sherborn Road.


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