<VV> November 1963...
Secular
rusecular at yahoo.com
Wed Oct 21 18:30:49 EDT 2009
In May 2000, a two-page police report pertaining to a fatal accident that
had taken place near Midland, Texas, in 1963 was made public. It
contained the information that 17-year-old Laura Welch had run a
stop sign, causing the death of the sole occupant of the vehicle hers
had struck. According to that report, the future First Lady had been
driving her Chevrolet sedan on a clear night shortly after 8 p.m. on
6 November 1963 when she entered an intersection without heeding
the stop sign and there collided with the Corvair sedan driven by
17-year-old Michael Douglas. Also in the car with Laura Welch
was a passenger, 17-year-old Judy Dykes.
How fast Miss Welch might have been driving is open to question. That part
of the police report is illegible, although two biographies of the First Lady
refer to her as having been going 50 mph at the time of the collision.
The speed limit on that portion of road was 55 mph. According to the
police report neither driver had been drinking, but no tests were
performed. No charges were filed as a result of the accident...
Source:
http://tinyurl.com/november-1963
Regards,
Tony I.
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