Hutchinson News-Herald – Jul. 21, 1989
GOODLAND Kan July 20 AP
An oil tanker semi-trailer exploded Friday night at a highway construction project killing the driver Jerry Baltazor, about 20, of Concordia, Kan. Baltazor was delivering road oil to the Harry Henery Construction Co., crew nine miles west of Goodland on U.S. Highway 24.
Witnesses said Baltazor lit a match near the tank and the oil exploded throwing him into a ditch full of blazing oil. A workman, Roy DeWitt, 52, of Elgin pulled Baltazor out of the fire but he died a few minutes after being brought to a Goodland hospital.
The fire was extinguished by the Goodland fire department. One of the firemen, Al Hively, was injured slightly when he overturned a street washer in which he was delivering more water to the scene of the blaze.
Salina Journal – Jul. 22, 1989
CONCORDIA — Gerald Jerome Baltazor, 20, was killed Friday evening in an explosion of a truckload of road oil nine miles east of Goodland. Mr. Baltazor was working on a highway construction project. The explosion came shortly after he delivered the oil to the construction site. Witnesses said the blast occurred when Mr. Baltazor lit a match near the tank truck.
Mr. Baltazor was born in Concordia in February, 1936 and attended the Concordia schools. He is survived by his parents Mr. and Mrs. G. E. Baltazor, four brothers, Bernard, Donald, Louis, and Virgil, one sister, Mrs. Franklin Tatro, and his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Joe LaBarge and Mrs. Theodore, Baltazar, all of Concordia. Funeral arrangements haven't been announced yet.
GOODLAND Kan July 20 AP
An oil tanker semi-trailer exploded Friday night at a highway construction project killing the driver Jerry Baltazor, about 20, of Concordia, Kan. Baltazor was delivering road oil to the Harry Henery Construction Co., crew nine miles west of Goodland on U.S. Highway 24.
Witnesses said Baltazor lit a match near the tank and the oil exploded throwing him into a ditch full of blazing oil. A workman, Roy DeWitt, 52, of Elgin pulled Baltazor out of the fire but he died a few minutes after being brought to a Goodland hospital.
The fire was extinguished by the Goodland fire department. One of the firemen, Al Hively, was injured slightly when he overturned a street washer in which he was delivering more water to the scene of the blaze.
Salina Journal – Jul. 22, 1989
CONCORDIA — Gerald Jerome Baltazor, 20, was killed Friday evening in an explosion of a truckload of road oil nine miles east of Goodland. Mr. Baltazor was working on a highway construction project. The explosion came shortly after he delivered the oil to the construction site. Witnesses said the blast occurred when Mr. Baltazor lit a match near the tank truck.
Mr. Baltazor was born in Concordia in February, 1936 and attended the Concordia schools. He is survived by his parents Mr. and Mrs. G. E. Baltazor, four brothers, Bernard, Donald, Louis, and Virgil, one sister, Mrs. Franklin Tatro, and his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Joe LaBarge and Mrs. Theodore, Baltazar, all of Concordia. Funeral arrangements haven't been announced yet.
Hutchinson News-Herald – Jul. 21, 1989
GOODLAND Kan July 20 AP
An oil tanker semi-trailer exploded Friday night at a highway construction project killing the driver Jerry Baltazor, about 20, of Concordia, Kan. Baltazor was delivering road oil to the Harry Henery Construction Co., crew nine miles west of Goodland on U.S. Highway 24.
Witnesses said Baltazor lit a match near the tank and the oil exploded throwing him into a ditch full of blazing oil. A workman, Roy DeWitt, 52, of Elgin pulled Baltazor out of the fire but he died a few minutes after being brought to a Goodland hospital.
The fire was extinguished by the Goodland fire department. One of the firemen, Al Hively, was injured slightly when he overturned a street washer in which he was delivering more water to the scene of the blaze.
Salina Journal – Jul. 22, 1989
CONCORDIA — Gerald Jerome Baltazor, 20, was killed Friday evening in an explosion of a truckload of road oil nine miles east of Goodland. Mr. Baltazor was working on a highway construction project. The explosion came shortly after he delivered the oil to the construction site. Witnesses said the blast occurred when Mr. Baltazor lit a match near the tank truck.
Mr. Baltazor was born in Concordia in February, 1936 and attended the Concordia schools. He is survived by his parents Mr. and Mrs. G. E. Baltazor, four brothers, Bernard, Donald, Louis, and Virgil, one sister, Mrs. Franklin Tatro, and his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Joe LaBarge and Mrs. Theodore, Baltazar, all of Concordia. Funeral arrangements haven't been announced yet.
GOODLAND Kan July 20 AP
An oil tanker semi-trailer exploded Friday night at a highway construction project killing the driver Jerry Baltazor, about 20, of Concordia, Kan. Baltazor was delivering road oil to the Harry Henery Construction Co., crew nine miles west of Goodland on U.S. Highway 24.
Witnesses said Baltazor lit a match near the tank and the oil exploded throwing him into a ditch full of blazing oil. A workman, Roy DeWitt, 52, of Elgin pulled Baltazor out of the fire but he died a few minutes after being brought to a Goodland hospital.
The fire was extinguished by the Goodland fire department. One of the firemen, Al Hively, was injured slightly when he overturned a street washer in which he was delivering more water to the scene of the blaze.
Salina Journal – Jul. 22, 1989
CONCORDIA — Gerald Jerome Baltazor, 20, was killed Friday evening in an explosion of a truckload of road oil nine miles east of Goodland. Mr. Baltazor was working on a highway construction project. The explosion came shortly after he delivered the oil to the construction site. Witnesses said the blast occurred when Mr. Baltazor lit a match near the tank truck.
Mr. Baltazor was born in Concordia in February, 1936 and attended the Concordia schools. He is survived by his parents Mr. and Mrs. G. E. Baltazor, four brothers, Bernard, Donald, Louis, and Virgil, one sister, Mrs. Franklin Tatro, and his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Joe LaBarge and Mrs. Theodore, Baltazar, all of Concordia. Funeral arrangements haven't been announced yet.
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