Houston, TX Auto Hits Cable, Mar 1963
- Texas |
- Auto Accidents |
- 1963
CABLE SLICES CAR TOP OFF KILLING FOUR.
Houston, Tex. (AP) -- A man, his wife and two of their children were killed Friday night when their car snagged a cable stretched between two pieces of construction equipment. The cable sheared off the top of the car.
R. V. HOLLOWAY, 42, a Houston truck driver.
His wife, MELBA, 22.
Their son, MICHAEL, 15 months.
Their daughter, TAMMIE, 3, were killed.
Another daughter, PAMELA, 4, was in critical condition with head injuries.
A bulldozer was pulling a ditching machine with the cable, accident investigator C. G. Wright said. There was 11 feet between the two pieces of machinery.
Lake Charles American Press Louisiana 1963-03-23