NEWSCLIP
Sept 5, 1956
Six Local Youths Hurt in Accident
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Six local youths, all of
them students at Pampa High School, were injured Tuesday when the ’49
Chevrolet in which they were riding was struck in the rear by a transport truck
at approximately 11:30 a.m. near the first bridge north of Pampa on the Perryton
highway.
Three of the youths are
still in hospitals being treated for injuries received in the wreck and the
three others were released from a local hospital this morning.
In Highland General Hospital are Teddy Mastin, 17, 309 Canadian, and Clarence Townsend, 17, 902 E. Scott. Mastin is reported to be in fair condition with a sprained back and arm. Townsend’s condition was reported this morning to be fair and that he received a broken back.
Jerry Culberson, 17, 828 E.
Malone, was transferred to Northwest Texas Hospital in Amarillo Tuesday
afternoon for the treatment of head and back injuries.
No report on his condition was available this morning.
The other three boys who
were released from the hospital were: Burley Prater, 17, 934 E. Murphy; Bobby
Culberson, a twin brother of Jerry; and Earl Brown, 17, 825 E. Brown.
The three youths who remain
in the hospital this morning were occupants of the rear seat of the
Chevrolet.