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2 wrecks
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MOVING SHOT AFTERR HOSPITAL
Five mile north six youths
enroute to the Green Valley drag strip near Fort Worth
from homes at Lawton,Oklahoma were involved in thesecond accident.
Their modified old model car
left the highway, rolled over several times and
careened up an embankment before stopping on the
railroad tracks which parallel the highway. One of the
youths is dead, two afe reported in critical condition
tonight and the other three are in hospitals at Decatur
and Bridgeport with less serious injuries. All six
were thrown from the car and scattered along the
railroad right-of-way where passers-by found them.
The injured youths were covered with blankets and coats
by other motorists who stopped to assist them.
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WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.). [News Script: Wrecks], item, January 14, 1962; (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc977892/m1/3/: accessed April 19, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.